Ardent Window Manager

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{{Infobox software

| name = Ardent Window Manager

| logo =

| screenshot = frameless

| caption = AWM desktop

| developer = Jordan Hubbard

| latest_release_version = 2pl9

| latest_release_date = {{release date and age|1989|02|08}}

| programming language = C

| operating_system = Unix Unix-like

| programming_language =

| genre = Window manager

}}

In computing, the Ardent Window Manager (awm) is an early window manager software for the X Window System. It was descended from uwm.

awm was written by Jordan Hubbard for the Ardent Computer Corporation's TITAN line of workstations in 1988, which ran a version of X11R2. It was included on the X11R3 contrib tape.

The FAQ for the comp.windows.x Usenet newsgroup says: The Ardent Window Manager was for a while a hotbed for hackers and offered some features (dynamic menus) not found on more current window managers.

References

  • [http://www.faqs.org/faqs/x-faq/part2/section-3.html 20) What are all these window managers? (Where can I get a "virtual" wm?)] (comp.windows.x FAQ 2/7)