Muffin is a minimal X window manager aimed at nontechnical users and is
designed to integrate well with the GNOME desktop. Muffin lacks some
features that may be expected by traditional UNIX or other technical
users; these users may want to investigate other available window man-
agers for use with GNOME or standalone.
Based on Mutter 3.2.1
Sawfish is an extensible window manager using a Lisp-based scripting
language. Its policy is very minimal compared to most window managers.
Its aim is simply to manage windows in the most flexible and attractive
manner possible. All high-level WM functions are implemented in Lisp
for future extensibility or redefinition.
These are some of the features that set Sawfish apart from other window
managers:
* Powerful key-binding: Virtually every functionality provided by Sawfish
can be bound to keys (or mouse buttons).
* Event hooking: For many events (moving windows etc.) you can customize
the way Sawfish will respond.
* Window matching: When windows are created you can match them to a set
of rules and automatically perform actions on them.
* Flexible theming: Sawfish allows for very different themes to be created
and a variety of third-party themes is readily available
Nickleby is a minimal window manager. It has no menus, toolbars, nor
icons, and it adds no window decoration to client windows other than two
title bars, one at the top of windows, and one at the bottom of windows.
A very artistic X window manager. Among other attributes,
Enlightenment makes for quite impressive screen shots.
OBPager is a lightweight pager designed
to be used with NetWM-compliant window
managers like OpenBox.
Unlike many other pagers out there,
OBPager has very few dependencies,
requiring only Xlib and glibc++
(no Gnome or KDE necessary).
Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with
extensive standards support.
Openbox lets you bring the latest applications outside of a full desktop
environment. Most modern applications have been written with GNOME and KDE
in mind. With support for the latest freedesktop.org standards, as well as
careful adherence to previous standards, Openbox provides an environment
where applications work the way they were designed to.
Openbox is a highly configurable window manager. It allows you to change
almost every aspect of how you interact with your desktop and invent
completely new ways to use and control it. It can be like a video game for
controlling windows. But Openbox can also be kept extremely simple, as it is
in the default setup, meaning that it can suit just about anybody. Openbox
gives you control without making you do everything.
Openbox makes desktop environments better. By running Openbox inside the
GNOME or K desktop environments, you can combine their ease and
functionality with the power of Openbox. Your desktop becomes cleaner and
faster, and is in your control, when you use Openbox.
Oroborus is a small and simple window manager for X11 which has the
following features:
- Good default key bindings
- Windows are moveable by keyboard
- Highly configurable
- XPM-themable
- GNOME compatible
- NET_WM compatible
- Sort of KDE compatible
- And many, many more...
Oroborus doesn't provide any kind of dock, toolbar, program launcher,
background changer or root menu as these functions can be provided by
separate applications.
A pager for sawfish without GNOME
The Pek Window Manager is written by Claes Nasten, the code is based
on the aewm++ window manager, but it has evolved enough that it no
longer resembles aewm++ at all.
It has a much expanded feature-set, including window grouping (similar
to ion, pwm, or fluxbox), autoproperties, xinerama, keygrabber that
supports keychains, and much more.
o Lightweight and Unobtrusive, a window manager shouldn't be noticed.
o Very configurable, we all work and think in different ways.
o Automatic properties, for all the lazy people, make things appear as
they should when starting applications.
o Chainable Keygrabber, usability for everyone.
Plank is an elegant, simple and clean dock.