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The Virtual Tab Window Manager is a configurable reparenting window manager that is almost identical twm, except that it includes support for multiple desktops.

History

Features of vtwm

  • A stacking window manager
  • Written in C
  • Uses the xlib toolkit
  • opensource and freely available
  • No menubar
  • Lightweight - Has few dependencies
  • Support for multiple desktops

Small Footprint

Where is vtwm on the hammer scale?

Dependencies

twm is dependent on the following xlib libraries:

  • libx11-6
  • libxext6

Resources used

VIRT RES SHR %CPU %MEM

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