Blackbox
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Blackbox is a lightweight stacking window manager. It was last updated November 3, 2005 with no plans for future releases, however its design has inspired many forks and spiritual successors. An updated version of the original CVS source plus collected packages is maintained at BlackBox GitHub with latest release version 0.77 on 2021-05-12.
Installation
Starting
Run blackbox with xinit.
Utilities
There are several additional packages to enhance the functionality of Blackbox (though they may also work well with other minimalist window managers):
See also
- Blackbox Wiki - Official documentation
- HOWTO: A Blackbox Guide - Ubuntu forums