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bspwm vs Openbox

A side-by-side look at bspwm and Openbox. 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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Openbox

Openbox

Os & Utilities

Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support. It is very fast, extensible and licensed under the GNU General Public License.

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