Compiz is an OpenGL compositing manager that use GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
for binding redirected top-level windows to texture objects. It has a flexible
plug-in system and it is designed to run well on most graphics hardware.
CTWM is an extension to twm, that support multiple virtual screens,
and a lot of other goodies.
You can use and manage up to 32 virtual screens called workspaces.
You swap from one workspace to another by clicking on a button in an
optionnal panel of buttons (the workspace manager) or by invoking a function.
You can custom each workspace by choosing different colors, names
and pixmaps for the buttons and background root windows.
Main features are :
- Optional 3D window titles and border (ala Motif).
- Shaped, colored icons.
- Multiple icons for clients based on the icon name.
- Windows can belong to several workspaces.
- A map of your workspaces to move quickly windows between
different workspaces.
- Animations : icons, root backgrounds and buttons can be animated.
- Pinnable and sticky menus.
- etc...
fluxconf is a tiny GTK based configuration tool for the fluxbox window manager.
It allows basic manipulation of the window manager behaviour:
o Slit configuration
o Window placement
o Focus model
o Workspace configuration
Fluxbox is a window manager based on BlackBox with some new features:
- Transparent menus
- Pixmap themes
- Window snapping
- Integrated bbkeys
- Iconbar
- Configurable titlebar (slit)
- Windows tabs
- Wheel scroll changes workspace
- KDE and partial Gnome support
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.
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).
TinyWM is a ridiculously tiny window manager implemented in nearly as few
lines of C as possible, without being obfuscated or entirely useless. It
allows you to move, resize, focus (sloppy), and raise windows.
w9wm is a quick & dirty hack based on 9wm, the wonderful "template"
window manager made by David Hogan.
9wm is really nice for all day use (I mean, a large Emacs window
covering the whole screen and a terminal to use Lynx and browse the
web ;-)) provided that you do not have a large number of windows on
your screen. But in some occasions it is not the case (ie. you have
to telnet to 4-5 remote machines), which is painful with 9wm.
This need for virtual screens motivated this about 50 lines hack.
w9wm brings support for virtual screens (provided you use the second
button, aka middle button to select one virtual screen) as well as for
key bindings (to switch from one window to another).
This package contains the sample X Compositing Manager, which uses the
Composite, Damage, Fixes, and Render extensions to create shadows around
windows, translucent windows and menus, and fading effects, when run on a
capable X Server.
The wmanager-addons package contains a couple of helper shell scripts and
manual pages for the x11/wmanager window manager selector. They were
originally part of the Debian wmanager package, but have later been ported
to other operating systems.