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Package: awesome (2.3.3-1~bpo40+1) [backports]

dynamic floating and tiling window manager

A floating and tiling window manager for X11. It's extremely fast, small, dynamic and awesome.

Windows can be managed in several layouts: tiled, floating, spiral, etc. Each layout can be applied on the fly, optimizing the environment for the application in use and the task performed. Managing windows in tiled mode assures that no space will be waste on your screen. No gaps, no overlap.

Every function are available from the keyboard or from the mouse via a well designed user interface callback system.

awesome also includes a nice statusbar that can be customized with various widgets, giving the user full power on how to update these.

awesome has a good multi-screen (Xinerama) support.

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  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1) [not alpha, i386, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6) [i386]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.3.5-1) [alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4)
    The Cairo 2D vector graphics library
  • dep: libconfuse0 (>= 2.5-1)
    Library for parsing configuration files
  • dep: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0)
    The GLib library of C routines
  • dep: libimlib2
    powerful image loading and rendering library
  • dep: libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.14.8)
    Layout and rendering of internationalized text
  • dep: libx11-6
    X11 client-side library
  • dep: libxext6
    X11 miscellaneous extension library
  • dep: libxinerama1
    X11 Xinerama extension library
  • dep: libxrandr2
    X11 RandR extension library

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 147.2 kB612 kB [list of files]
amd64 135.1 kB572 kB [list of files]
arm 123.4 kB484 kB [list of files]
hppa 142.7 kB532 kB [list of files]
i386 126.9 kB492 kB [list of files]
ia64 201.2 kB816 kB [list of files]
mips 145.0 kB588 kB [list of files]
mipsel 144.7 kB588 kB [list of files]
powerpc 139.8 kB536 kB [list of files]
s390 134.2 kB528 kB [list of files]
sparc 124.8 kB496 kB [list of files]