Caution: This page is intended for advanced users.

AwesomeWM (window manager)

Qubes-specific features

support for the Qubes OS window colors
rudimentary support for the Qubes application menu entries following the freedesktop standard
support for custom filters and menu entries

AwesomeWM can be installed with the standard dom0 installation mechanisms.

$ sudo qubes-dom0-update awesome

That’s it. After logging out, you can select AwesomeWM in the login manager.

To contribute code you may clone the AwesomeWM repository as follows:

$ git clone https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-desktop-linux-awesome

For build instructions please check the repository README.

The repository attempts to follow the upstream Fedora repository.