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Window Maker was written primarily by Alfredo Kojima for the GNUstep desktop environment. It was designed to to emulate NeXT's GUI, as a OpenStep-compatible environment.
It uses the WINGs widget set common to several other applications, including an display manager called WDM and many dockapps. The applets that integrate into Window Maker's Dock and Clip are compatible with those from Afterstep's Wharf.
Window Maker has a reputation of being relatively less resource-consumptive compared to other window managers in its class, while including enough features to be configurable and user-friendly.
WindowMaker is Free Software, and released under the GNU GPLThe GNU General Public License is a free software license, created by the Free Software Foundation, version 2 was released in 1991. It is also referred to as the GNU GPL or, simply the GPL . The purpose of the GPL is to grant any user the right to copy, m which allows unlimited use, redistribution, and modification under certain conditions.
Window Maker is included with many LinuxThis article is about Linux-based operating systems, GNU/Linux, and related topics. See Linux kernel for the kernel itself. See Linux (washing powder) for the Swiss brand of washing powder. Tux, a plump penguin, is the official Linux mascot Linux is the n distributions, for example RedHat and MandrakeMandrakelinux (formerly Mandrake Linux is a Linux distribution created by MandrakeSoft. The first release was based on Red Hat Linux (version 5. 1) and KDE (version 1. 0) in July 1998. It has since diverged from Red Hat and has included a number of origin both include other graphical desktops as an option, while DebianDebian created by the Debian Project is a widely used distribution of free software developed through the collaboration of volunteers from around the world. Since its inception, the released system, Debian GNU/Linux, has been based on the Linux kernel wit users have a packageAdvanced Packaging Tool or APT is a package management system created by the Debian project. APT greatly simplifies the process of installing and removing software on Unix systems. There is no apt program per se; APT is a C++ library of functions that are named "wmaker"
The default appearance can be confusing to those who are expecting a taskbar and start menu, but all applications can be accessed by right-clicking on the background to obtain the main menu. Keyboard users can use F12 for the application menu, and F11 for a window menu.
Window Maker itself can be configured by double-clicking on the iconAn icon (from Greek εικων, eikon "image") is an artistic visual representation or symbol of anything considered holy and divine, such as God, saints or deities. An icon could be a painting (including relief painting), sculpture with a white screwdriver at the top-right of the screen, while other icons launch a command-window, or information screens. A paperclip icon is used to cycle between workspaces.
Application icons and docked applications appear at the bottom of the screen and may be covered by windows when they maximise - drag icons to the right of the screen to make them permanent, and right-click on their edges to adjust an icon's settings.