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bspwm vs JWM

A side-by-side look at bspwm and JWM. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

bspwm

bspwm

Os & Utilities

bspwm is a lightweight, keyboard-driven tiling window manager for Linux. It organizes windows in a binary space partitioning layout for efficient use of screen space. Configuration is done mostly through external scripts rather than built-in settings.

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JWM

JWM

Os & Utilities

JWM is a lightweight window manager for the X11 windowing system. It is fast, very small, and highly configurable. It comes with a simple panel and menu system and works well for resource-constrained environments.

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