In computing, the AMIga Window Manager (amiwm) is a stacking window manager for the X Window System.

Amwim was written by Marcus Comstedt. "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 emulates the Amiga Workbench screen. The author has indicated that he intends to keep up with any Amiga interface changes in the future.^{[citation needed]}

In 2000, TuxRadar selected Amiwm as one of the year's best window managers^[1]

Features[edit]

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

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• amiwm homepage
• xwinman.org page on Amiwm
• amiwm patch to make it look like Amiga OS 1.x
• TkLauncher, a clone of AmiDock
• RetroLook, another wm AmigaOS look&feel