The window manager emulates theAmiga Workbench and includes support for multiple virtual screens like the AmigaOS, but doesn't offer more functionality than standard Workbench.[3] By the words of its author, "the purpose of amiwm is to make life more pleasant for Amiga-freaks like myself who has/wants to use UNIX workstations once in a while".[4] AmiWM was not updated for years since the 1998 release, yet Linux Format magazine rated it as fast and reliable in 2007.[5] Although Marcus Comstedt included new features like support forAmigaOS 3.5 icons during internal development,[6] a new version was not released until 2010.[7]
^Source code available. The source code can be distributed unmodified for non-commercial purposes only. Modified source code cannot be distributed without the author's prior consent, but patches against the unmodified source code can be distributed.
/ 16 April 2023