Awesome is a highly configurable, next-generation window manager for X11 written in Lua. ## Features - **Dynamic tiling** - Automatic window tiling with multiple layouts - **Tag-based workspaces** - Up to 9 virtual tags per screen - **Lua configuration** - Fully programmable in Lua - **Low resource usage** - Minimal memory and CPU footprint - **Extensible** - Widgets, menus, and themes via Lua ## Setup Install via package manager: ```bash # Ubuntu/Debian sudo apt install awesome # Arch Linux sudo pacman -S awesome # Fedora sudo dnf install awesome ``` ## Configuration Config file: `~/.config/awesome/rc.lua` Key sections: - **Tags** - Virtual workspaces - **Layouts** - How windows are arranged - **Key bindings** - Keyboard shortcuts - **Rules** - Window behavior by application - **Widgets** - Status bar elements ## Default Key Bindings Awesome uses `Mod4` (Windows/Super key) as modifier: | Key | Action | |-----|--------| | `Mod4+Enter` | Open terminal | | `Mod4+r` | Run prompt | | `Mod4+Shift+q` | Quit Awesome | | `Mod4+Ctrl+r` | Restart Awesome | | `Mod4+j/k` | Focus next/previous window | | `Mod4+Shift+j/k` | Swap with next/previous window | | `Mod4+h/l` | Change master width | | `Mod4+Space` | Next layout | | `Mod4+Shift+Space` | Previous layout | | `Mod4+1-9` | Switch to tag | | `Mod4+Shift+1-9` | Move window to tag | ## Layouts Built-in layouts include: - **tile** - Master and stack layout - **tile.left** - Master on right - **tile.bottom** - Master on top - **tile.top** - Master on bottom - **fair** - Equal window sizes - **max** - Fullscreen - **magnifier** - Master magnified - **floating** - Free-form windows ## Widgets Create custom widgets in Lua: ```lua -- Clock widget mytextclock = wibox.widget.textclock() -- Battery widget battery = awful.widget.watch( "acpi -b", 30, function(widget, stdout) local status = stdout:match("Battery %d: (%a+), (%d+)%%") widget:set_text(" BAT: " .. status .. " ") end ) ``` ## See Also