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Guide to X11/Window Managers/3dwm

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The 3D Workspace Manager is a compositing window manager developed as an open source project at Chalmers University Media Laboratory in Sweden by Niklas Elmqvist and Robert Karlsson. 3D Workspace Manager acts as a platform for the research and development of future three dimensional user interfaces and interfaces with X11 to provide necessary backwards compatibility with legacy applications.

Features

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  • Titlebars
  • Titlebar buttons for menu and close
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The project provided inspiration for the Microsoft Task Gallery, and 3dwm was mentioned on the Microsoft Research Website.

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[1] - Official home page