Project Summary
JWM (Joe's Window Manager) is a lightweight window manager for the X Window System written by Joe Wingbermuehle. JWM is written in C and uses only Xlib at a minimum. Support for the following can be added as compile-time options:
* PNG, JPG and XPM icons
* Xft
* Xinerama
* FriBidi
* The Shape extension
It provides an interface akin to Windows 98 with a modern-looking appearance and it can support some GNOME, Motif and WM spec hints.
JWM is the default window manager used in Damn Small Linux version 4.x, Tiny Core Linux, Puppy Linux and SliTaz GNU/Linux(< 2.0).
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a average size development team
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took an estimated 6 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in September, 2005
ending with its most recent commit 3 months ago
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