FVWM

Also known as F Virtual Window Manager

The F Virtual Window Manager (FVWM) is a virtual window manager for the X Window System. Originally a twm derivative, FVWM is now a window manager for Unix-like systems.

Key facts

Software.name: FVWM
Software.screenshot: frameless
Software.caption: Customized FVWM desktop
Software.developer: Robert Nation
Software.programming language: C, Perl, Unix Shell
Software.operating_system: Unix-like
Software.genre: Window manager
Software.license: GNU GPL v2,FVWM included in OpenBSD: BSD License

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Although an existing fvwm2 configuration should mostly work with fvwm3, it isn't guaranteed to work without some modifications. This is because fvwm3 has changed, often removing long-standing deprecated options. Issues (for bugs) can be opened, and any/all bug reports are appreciated! A TODO file exists, and sometimes even things from it are worked on.

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.fvwm.org
Image: Fvwm1-wikipedia-20050312.png

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IRC channel URL: irc://irc.freenode.net/#fvwm
Commons category: FVWM
software version identifier: 1.1.4
source code repository URL: github.com/fvwmorg/fvwm3

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The F Virtual Window Manager (FVWM) is a virtual window manager for the X Window System. Originally a twm derivative, FVWM is now a window manager for Unix-like systems.

==History== thumb|FVWM running on SUSE Linux|SUSE 5.1 thumb|FVWM 1.24, an old version from the 1.x series In 1993, during his work analyzing acoustic signatures for the United States Department of Defense, Robert Nation began hacking twm with the intent of simultaneously reducing memory usage and adding support for virtual desktops.