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Package: awesome (2.3.2-1 and others)

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.

Tags: Implemented in: C, User Interface: X Window System, Role: Program, X Window System: Window Manager

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Architecture Version Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 2.3.2-1 147.1 kB616 kB [list of files]
amd64 2.3.2-1 138.2 kB576 kB [list of files]
arm 2.3.2-1 124.3 kB480 kB [list of files]
armel 2.3.2-1 132.1 kB516 kB [list of files]
hppa 2.3.2-1 140.0 kB528 kB [list of files]
hurd-i386 2.3.2-1 125.2 kB496 kB [list of files]
i386 2.3.2-1 126.1 kB428 kB [list of files]
ia64 2.3.2-1 203.0 kB820 kB [list of files]
kfreebsd-amd64 (unofficial port) 2.3.2-1 138.4 kB454 kB [list of files]
kfreebsd-i386 (unofficial port) 2.3.2-1 125.4 kB380 kB [list of files]
m68k 2.3~rc3-1 117.7 kB480 kB [list of files]
mips 2.3.2-1 142.2 kB580 kB [list of files]
mipsel 2.3.2-1 141.3 kB580 kB [list of files]
powerpc 2.3.2-1 149.4 kB564 kB [list of files]
s390 2.3.2-1 136.5 kB528 kB [list of files]
sparc 2.3.2-1 126.9 kB508 kB [list of files]