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Blackbox
Screenshot of Blackbox.
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Stable release

0.70.1  (03 November 2005)

Platform: Unix-like
Genre: X window manager
License: MIT[2]
Website: [[Website::blackboxwm.sourceforge.net]]



In Unix computing, Blackbox is a window manager for the X Window System. It is minimalist and popular among those seeking a fast, clean and light environment.

Blackbox has specific design goals, and some functionality is provided only through other applications. One example is the bbkeys hotkey application.

Blackbox is written in C++[3][2] and contains completely original code.[4] It was created by Bradley T. Hughes[1] and is available under the MIT License.

Blackbox is currently included with the Fedora RPM Repository.

Contents

[edit] Related projects

There are a number of window managers based on Blackbox[5]:

See also: Comparison of window managers

[edit] Windows shell replacements

Although they share no code, these projects are also inspired by blackbox.

  • BB4Win
  • bbLean
  • xoblite

[edit] References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 ManPages/blackbox
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Blackbox - Window manager written in C++
  3. ↑ Blackbox Hacking Guide
  4. ↑ About Blackbox
  5. ↑ Related Projects

[edit] External links

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