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First time accepted submitter brad-x writes "A new team of developers has recently picked up development of WindowMaker, and they've added many new features, including improved support for the freedesktop standard menu layout and Mac OS X style application and window switching from the keyboard, culminating in a new release, 0.95.2. A basic changelog is available on the newly redesigned website."

First time accepted submitter brad-x writes "A new team of developers has recently picked up development of WindowMaker, and they've added many new features, including improved support for the freedesktop standard menu layout and Mac OS X style application and window switching from the keyboard, culminating in a new release, 0.95.2. A basic changelog is available on the newly redesigned website."

BEI01 writes "From windowmaker.org: After years without a release, we are glad to announce that Window Maker 0.90.0 is out! Highlights are NetWM support (thanks to Peter). This means wmaker should work fine with GNOME 2.x and KDE 3.x. UTF-8 support, antialiased text support via Xft2, Xinerama support, enhanced Alt-Tab window switching, Font configuration in WPrefs, and many fixes."

vaevictus writes "Afterstep just released its 2.0 Beta 1, after a long merge from its development branch. One of the most interesting new features is an XML-based graphics system, where any picture for any part of the WM can be a simple chunk of XML, which can do transformations, scaling, gradients and some other nice graphics mods. I've personally used this to cut my 1600x1200 image size from a 2.4mb PNG to a total of about 37kb. This leads to some very compact themes. If you're not familiar, AfterStep is one of the older WMs out there still in active development; all of you WindowMaker fans should check out the WM your WM branched off of, so long ago."

An anonymous submitter points out that Window Maker, the window manager behind GNUStep, is now up to version 0.80. There is NEWS which describes some of the recent changes, as well as a Changelog.

An anonymous submitter points out that Window Maker, the window manager behind GNUStep, is now up to version 0.80. There is NEWS which describes some of the recent changes, as well as a Changelog.

An anonymous submitter points out that Window Maker, the window manager behind GNUStep, is now up to version 0.80. There is NEWS which describes some of the recent changes, as well as a Changelog.

Greasy311 asks: "A group of people from #windowmaker on irc.openprojects.net have just registered to run a booth for windowmaker.org at the .org pavillion of the Linux World Conference and Expo in New York City. We have been thinking of ideas for some type of giveaway and would like to do business card sized CDs with a tour and information about Window Maker, themeing, and graphical documentation on it's use, as well as some basic utilities so it could be used as a bootable rescue disk. To us, this is something that is very usefull as well as a way of gettin Window Maker some exposure. But the problem is we have no way of paying for the media and packaging. How should we go about finding sponsorship to help us with funds?"

psycona asks: "This may seem kind of a nonsensical question, but it has been bugging me for some time now. When does a window manager become a desktop environment? Where's the point of transition? I've been a big fan of Window Maker for some time now, and here's the thing; it has wmfinder, FSViewer and a few other file managers, it has postilion and Aileron and probably other email clients, it has a ton of dockapps to do most desktop, filesystem, LAN, ppp etc. monitoring and even admin work and gawdknowswhatelse. It even has scripts to change screen resolution and colour on the fly. So can it start calling itself a desktop environment like kde,gnome,cde and xfce? And if not, what else is needed?" A simple answer might be: 'when it does more than manage windows', but that would describe most of our current crop WMs, wouldn't it?

Crash writes "There is a very nice and personal interview with Alfredo Kojima, the creator of Window Maker, over at Linux Brazil which now has been translated to English. Thanks to LWN. "

papason with the news that Windowmaker is out, and alternative downloading can be found here " From the site itself, it talks about the major changes include more Theme related configuarability in WPrefs, better international support, and more-check the ChangeLog.

papason with the news that Windowmaker is out, and alternative downloading can be found here " From the site itself, it talks about the major changes include more Theme related configuarability in WPrefs, better international support, and more-check the ChangeLog.

Couple of GNU tidbits today to report: First, Ethan James wrote in to say that WindowMaker has been Officially Named part of the GNU Project. The other notable is the link that Uruk sent us- this site tracks GNU apps and Y2k Problems.

Anonymous Coward writes "WindowMaker 0.50.0 is out, and includes full KDE support, as well as numerous improvements in usability and appearance as well as the usual bugfixes.
Following the announcement that Blackbox 0.50.2 included limited KDE support last month, this make 3 enhanced window managers available to KDE users. " Notably, Window Maker also includes GNOME support, at least where it can...

After a long night in the darkroom working on photography projects, nothing will make me happier than cleaning out the submissions box. So hit the link below and read the huge flood of stuff that has been accumulating while I've been trying to vanquish my end-of-the-semester projects. There is a ton of cool stuff in there worth checking out. Realcosmo commented that OpenBios Project Is looking for a logo. Visit their page for info. James Keller wrote in to send us an entertaining article about using Microsoft Manuals as Targets . Idan Shoham wrote in to say that the The Linux in business reference page has grown to 300 entries of companies that use Linux in a mission-critical setting. Good PHB data.

jahn wrote in to send us a link to Linus and RMS in a techno remix of Join us Now and Share the Software. I think we mentioned this a few months ago, but probably bears repeating anyway. I'm on a total MP3 craze again (4.5 gigs and growing) so this is entertaining me all over again.

[-SwM-] wrote in to send us a link to an online version of Rock Paper Scissors. Goofy. DaveWhitinger from Linux Today wrote in to say that Linux Mandrake 5.2 is available. Gordon Delp sent a link to a new FreeBSD news site called (appropriately enough) FreeBSD Rocks

acb wrote in to send us an entertaining parody of O'Reilly book covers. Several folks commented that WindowMaker v0.20.3 is now out, and several other folks commented that it has a new logo "Well, as you can see the new official logo has been put in place, and the logo contest is officially over. We appreciate all the logo submissions and the people who took time to vote. You can read about the winning entries here." LynXmaN wrote in to send us a link to Sololinux.com, a Spanish Linux News site. have opened. Ant wrote in to send us a link to Quake 2 Penguin Models for you penguin nuts. YogSothoth writes "I've always been interested in fractals, but what I always thought would be fun would be a scripting language-based approach that would give you a lot flexibility (with regard to choosing equations, bailout conditions, coloring techniques) without requiring a math degree to enjoy. Its hot off the presses but works quite well." you can check out Samples or Source Code. Vorx wrote in to warn everyone that this weeks User Friendly has been featuring a strange Star Wars/Linux/ESR takeoff that folks might enjoy reading. Bain wrote in to send us a link to a company that is selling Tux Stuffed Animals that actually look like tux.

Nate, My roommate and all around swell guy, has put a bunch of his Gimp Artwork online if you're interested in that sorta stuff. Its pretty excellent. Chris DiBona wrote in to send us a link to Chick Magnet which has some cool essays including one that explains that the best place for women to pick up guys is at Linux User Group Meetings. Quite funny. J. David Eisenberg wrote in to send us A response to his article on Linux and the Consumer Market. This addresses comments made by Slashdot Readers. Also, his opinions on the KDE thing which probably isn't all that relevant anymore.

See? Lots of good stuff! Anyway, I'm gonna get some sleep so I can get up nice and early and get back on the grind. The zany thing is that in 340 or so hours, I'm ton. Forever. No more school. Then I can finally finish Slash v0.3, fix the rest of the bugs in Slashdot, and actually start working on all the new stuff thats coming. Yee haw. In the meantime, I just wanna beg folks to go easy on the email. Don't hesitate if its important, but please read FAQ first and save us all some time.

Teknix updated the WindowMaker homepage to announce the new WindowMaker. "Woohoo! Window Maker 0.20.2 is now OUT! As always, lots of bug fixes in this release. Skimming through the ChangeLog, we find we have added support for persistent client supplied icon pixmaps, smoother icon selection, more features in wxcopy/wxpaste, new XDE support, and a lot of other cool things. Get it. Compile it. Run it. Life is good :)
Neato. You know, I hear people discussing window managers all the time, but am I the only one who constantly switches...? Anyway, this looks like this is just one more I need to (re)add =)

Teknix updated the WindowMaker homepage to announce the new WindowMaker. "Woohoo! Window Maker 0.20.2 is now OUT! As always, lots of bug fixes in this release. Skimming through the ChangeLog, we find we have added support for persistent client supplied icon pixmaps, smoother icon selection, more features in wxcopy/wxpaste, new XDE support, and a lot of other cool things. Get it. Compile it. Run it. Life is good :)
Neato. You know, I hear people discussing window managers all the time, but am I the only one who constantly switches...? Anyway, this looks like this is just one more I need to (re)add =)

Teknix updated the WindowMaker homepage to announce the new WindowMaker. "Woohoo! Window Maker 0.20.2 is now OUT! As always, lots of bug fixes in this release. Skimming through the ChangeLog, we find we have added support for persistent client supplied icon pixmaps, smoother icon selection, more features in wxcopy/wxpaste, new XDE support, and a lot of other cool things. Get it. Compile it. Run it. Life is good :)
Neato. You know, I hear people discussing window managers all the time, but am I the only one who constantly switches...? Anyway, this looks like this is just one more I need to (re)add =)

Matt wrote in to say that "Alfredo officially changed the name of his window manager from Windowmaker to Window Maker". The changes are noted on the official Window Maker Homepage.

Since Fresh Meat seems to be less then cheerful, I thought I'd just throw out that Apache has released v1.3.2 of their super popular web server, and WindowMaker (which is the windowmanager still known as WindowMaker) now has the 0.20 beta up for download.

MarkJ writes "There's a discussion in the wmaker mailing list after an email was sent to windowmaker.org instead of windowmaker.com. It appears that there is already a program called WindowMaker, so the question is whether to try for a stampede-style friendly accommodation and pray they don't trademark it (their product is the older one) or to change the name. "

Chris Frost writes "WindowMaker 0.19.0 was released to the public. This version has many changes and fixes, much better than 0.18.1. Grab it over at the usual suspect.

There is a new version of WindowMaker available at windowmaker.org The changelog is fairly sizable so I won't bother posting much- tons of bug fixes and new features, probably a pretty good idea to upgrade if this is your WM.

John Eikenberry was the first to tell us that Windowmaker 0.14 is out. I'm downloading my copy as soon as I finish writing this article. The new feature is a fiend clone. Grab it from the usual place.

John Eikenberry was the first to tell us that Windowmaker 0.14 is out. I'm downloading my copy as soon as I finish writing this article. The new feature is a fiend clone. Grab it from the usual place.

Sergio Bruder wrote in to tell us that a new WindowMaker is available. 13.1 can be grabbed at from the usual place. LibPropList is now seperate, so Grab it too. And remember to visit the WindowMaker Development Sitefor WindowMaker fixes until Alfredo gets back from mars .

Sergio Bruder wrote in to tell us that a new WindowMaker is available. 13.1 can be grabbed at from the usual place. LibPropList is now seperate, so Grab it too. And remember to visit the WindowMaker Development Sitefor WindowMaker fixes until Alfredo gets back from mars .

Sergio Bruder wrote in to tell us that a new WindowMaker is available. 13.1 can be grabbed at from the usual place. LibPropList is now seperate, so Grab it too. And remember to visit the WindowMaker Development Sitefor WindowMaker fixes until Alfredo gets back from mars .

Pedro Guimaraes wrote in to tell us that WindowMaker 0.13 is out and about. Apparently the attributes menu "Almost Works" now. I'm typing this in WindowMaker now, and I can't wait to see the cool new features.