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AfterStep

In Unix

Unix

Unix is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of American Telephone & Telegraph employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson , Dennis Ritchie, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna....
computing, AfterStep is a window manager

Window manager

A window manager is computer software that controls the placement and appearance of window within a windowing system in a graphical user interface....
for the X Window System

X Window System

The X Window System is a computing software system and network protocol that provides a graphical user interface for networked computers. It implements the X Window System protocols and architecture and provides windowing system on raster graphics Visual display units and manages Keyboard and pointing device control functions....
. The goal of AfterStep's development is to provide for flexibility of desktop configuration, improved aesthetics and efficient use of system resources. AfterStep originally was a variant of FVWM

FVWM

The F Virtual Window Manager is a virtual window manager for the X Window System. Originally a twm derivative, FVWM has evolved into a powerful and highly configurable environment for Unix systems....
modified to resemble NeXTSTEP

NEXTSTEP

Nextstep was the original Object-oriented operating system, computer multitasking operating system that NeXT developed to run on its range of proprietary computers, such as the NeXTcube....
, but as the development cycle progressed, it diverged from its FVWM roots.

AfterStep includes several modules such as:

AfterStep also supports virtual screens, and relies on a set of text-based configuration files for customizing its appearance.

AfterStep is maintained by a small community of developers with Sasha Vasko serving as project manager.

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In Unix

Unix

Window manager

A window manager is computer software that controls the placement and appearance of window within a windowing system in a graphical user interface....
for the X Window System

X Window System

FVWM

NEXTSTEP

Pager - a visual tool for managing and cycling between multiple desktops
Desktop environment

In graphical computing, a desktop environment commonly refers to a style of graphical user interface that is based on the desktop metaphor which can be seen on most modern personal computers today....

WinList - a simple Taskbar
Taskbar

In computing, the taskbar is a term for an application desktop bar which is used to launch and monitor applications. Microsoft incorporated a taskbar in Windows 95 and it has been a defining aspect of Microsoft Windows's graphical user interface ever since....
displaying active applications

Wharf - docking
Dock (computing)

The Dock is a prominent feature of the graphical user interface of Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X operating system, which is used to launch applications, and switch between running applications....
tool that manages Applet
Applet

An applet is a software component that runs in the context of another program, for example a web browser. An applet usually performs a very narrow function that has no independent use....
s/Dockapps
Dockapps

Dockapps, or docked applications are computer programs which appear to reside inside an icon rather than a window in graphical computer systems, normally in a part of the user interface known as the Dock ....
and launches application.

AfterStep also supports virtual screens, and relies on a set of text-based configuration files for customizing its appearance.

AfterStep is maintained by a small community of developers with Sasha Vasko serving as project manager.

AfterStep

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