AfterStep

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AfterStep
Initial release2000-04-25 [1]
Stable release
2.2.12 [2] [3]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / 10 June 2013
Repository
Written in C
Operating system Unix-like
Type Window manager
License 2.x: MIT [4]
1.x: GPL-2.0-or-later [5]
Website www.afterstep.org

AfterStep is a stacking window manager for the X Window System. The goal of AfterStep's development is to provide for flexibility of desktop configuration, improved aesthetics and efficient use of system resources, and was used in such distributions as MachTen. AfterStep originally was a variant of FVWM modified to resemble NeXTSTEP, but as the development cycle progressed, it diverged from its FVWM roots. In 2000, Linux website TuxRadar selected AfterStep as one of the year's best window managers, praising it as "fast and reliable, with a huge range of configuration options and the ability to create some spectacular themes". [6]

Contents

Features

Features of the AfterStep window manager include:

Modules

AfterStep includes several modules such as:

AfterStep also supports virtual screens, and relies on a set of text-based configuration files for customizing its appearance.

AfterStep is maintained by a small community of developers with Sasha Vasko serving as project manager.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Changelog", Afterstep, 2013-04-01, retrieved 2025-04-11
  2. ↑ "Changelog". 1 April 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Release 2.2.12". 14 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "afterstep/COPYRIGHT". GitHub . 30 November 2004.
  5. ↑ "afterstep/COPYRIGHT.OLD". GitHub . 30 November 2004.
  6. ↑ "From the archives: the best window managers of 2000 | TuxRadar". www.tuxradar.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-13.
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