Amiwm
title: "Amiwm" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["x-window-managers"] topic_path: "general/x-window-managers" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiwm" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Amiwm |
| screenshot | |
| caption | Amiwm running on Solaris 10. |
| developer | Marcus Comstedt |
| latest release version | |
| latest release date | |
| latest preview version | |
| latest preview date | |
| genre | Window manager |
| license | Proprietary |
| website | https://www.lysator.liu.se/~marcus/amiwm.html |
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| name = Amiwm | logo = | screenshot = | caption = Amiwm running on Solaris 10. | author = | developer = Marcus Comstedt | released = | latest release version = | latest release date = | latest preview version = | latest preview date = | programming language = | operating system = | platform = | language = | status = | genre = Window manager | license = Proprietary | website = https://www.lysator.liu.se/~marcus/amiwm.html
In computing, the AMIga Window Manager (amiwm) is a stacking window manager for the X Window System written by Marcus Comstedt.
The window manager emulates the Amiga Workbench and includes support for multiple virtual screens like the AmigaOS, but doesn't offer more functionality than standard Workbench. By the words of its author, "the purpose of amiwm is to make life more pleasant for Amiga-freaks like myself who has/wants to use UNIX workstations once in a while". AmiWM was not updated for years since the 1998 release, yet Linux Format magazine rated it as fast and reliable in 2007. Although Marcus Comstedt included new features like support for AmigaOS 3.5 icons during internal development, a new version was not released until 2010.
Features
Features of the amiwm window manager include:
- Supports iconification of running tasks
- Window borders
- Window titlebars
- Titlebar buttons for menu, minimize, maximize, and close
- Desktop shortcuts
Notes
References
References
- Proffitt, Brian. (October 4, 2000). "From the Desktop: Amiga, We Hardly Knew Ye, Looking at AmiWM". Linux Planet.
- Livermore, Chris. (Christmas 1997). "NetBSD". Future Publishing.
- (July 20, 2010). "amiwm".
- Saunders, Mike. (April 2007). "Skins alive! Old-school skin: Amiga Workbench". Future plc.
- Proffitt, Brian. (October 4, 2000). "From the Desktop: Amiga, We Hardly Knew Ye - page 2, Looking at AmiWM". Linux Planet.
- (March 15, 1998). "amiwm".
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