How to Install & Use the Window Maker Desktop Environment on Ubuntu

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Published on Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:00:47 GMT Indexed on 2012/03/26 11:35 UTC
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Window Maker is a Linux desktop environment designed to emulate NeXTSTEP, which eventually evolved into Mac OS X. With its focus on emulating NeXTSTEP, it eschews the task bars and application menu buttons found in many other lightweight desktop environments.

Window Maker is now under active development again after seven years without an official release. A lot has changed on the Linux desktop front since Window Maker was last being actively developed, but Window Maker still provides a unique, minimal environment – for users looking for that sort of thing.

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