Audience
Companies in need of a powerful Window Manager solution
About awesome
awesome is a highly configurable, next-generation framework window manager for X. It is very fast, extensible and licensed under the GNU GPLv2 license. It is primarily targeted at power users, developers and any people dealing with everyday computing tasks and who want to have fine-grained control on their graphical environment. A window manager is probably one of the most used software applications in your day-to-day tasks, along with your web browser, mail reader and text editor. Power users and programmers have a big range of choice between several tools for these day-to-day tasks. Some are heavily extensible and configurable. awesome tries to complete these tools with what we miss: an extensible, highly configurable window manager.
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Pricing
Starting Price:
Free
Free Version:
Free Version available.
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Product Details
Platforms Supported
Linux
Training
Documentation
Support
Online
awesome Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What kinds of users and organization types does awesome work with?
awesome works with these users and organization types: Mid Size Business, Small Business, Enterprise, Freelance, Nonprofit, Government, and Startup.
Q: What languages does awesome support in their product?
awesome supports these languages: English.
Q: What kind of support options does awesome offer?
awesome offers support via online.
Q: What type of training does awesome provide?
awesome provides training in the form of documentation.
Q: How much does awesome cost?
Pricing for awesome starts at Free.
