Mastodawn

Let's play spot the difference!

One, both, or none of two screenshots are from fvwm3.

Can you guess which?

If not, could you maybe guess is one of the screenshots is based on wayland? ;)

In all seriousness, I'm trying to emulate the fvwm/mwm look in #hikari -- and I think the results are impressive, especially if you can't tell which image is from which #wm.

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her)Feb 23

@msdropbear Eh, I'm happy enough with a panel at the top -- I have a large Conky running on the right hand side of my screen.

#Linux #LinuxWomen #FVWM3

Sterling Jan 25

Throwing this out there, I guess: anyone have a suggestion for a Fvwm3 replacement in Wayland? I’m having trouble finding a comparatively minimal Wayland compositor with the same kind of low-level flexibility—and, as stupid as it is, the capability to look like a hybrid between CDE and Window Maker. #fvwm #fvwm3 #wayland #linux

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KaiXin Jan 14

@[email protected] is this #FVWM3 ? The #beOS / #haikuOS looks like a perfect fit

Anders Gulden Olstad Dec 16

@trashheap For reasons I have long forgotten, #FVWM3. It floats my boat and drowns the bloat.

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her)Nov 11

@thomasadam @LovesTha Oh yes, I know. And, yes, I'm using #Fvwm3. Currently doing similar things, for example, using FvwmEvent to maximize windows when they first appear.

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Thomas Adam Nov 11

@kerravonsen @LovesTha Yes, fvwm isn't a tiling window manager, but in #fvwm3, we've put some interesting changes into FvwmRearrange which you might find interesting.

Furthermore, there's always been this:

Maximize grow grow

Which you bound to a key, for instance, would maximise the given window to fill the available space. In this way you can quickly "tile" windows.

Thomas Adam Nov 8

#fvwm3 #fvwm

I've released fvwm3 version 1.1.4

Changelog/release is here:

https://github.com/fvwmorg/fvwm3/releases/tag/1.1.4

Not too much to write home about, other than a few improvements to RandR, as well as a change to make FvwmForm more UTF8-aware.

Thanks to everyone who helped contribute to this release, it's appreciated!

Enjoy!

Release 1.1.4 · fvwmorg/fvwm3

What's Changed Breaking Changes RandR: remove RandRFunc support by @ThomasAdam in #1246 Enhancements load svg even if no viewport detected by @mikeandmore in #1220 FvwmForm: process UTF-8 input ...

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Thomas Adam Jul 21, 2025

@seatek Out of interest, with a monitor such as yours, does that allow itself to two independent monitors?

If not, you can use xrandr(1) to split the screen up however you like -- is that something you've be interested in doing? If so, #fvwm3 supports this just fine...