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Sawfish vs Xmonad

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

Sawfish

Sawfish

Os & Utilities

Sawfish is a lightweight and extensible window manager for the X Window System. It implements some innovative features like per-window decorations, configurable policies for window layout and placement, full support for Xinerama multi-head displays, and more.

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Xmonad

Xmonad

Os & Utilities

Xmonad is a tiling window manager for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. It is written in Haskell and dynamically manages windows to maximize screen space and productivity.

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