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{{Infobox Software
| name = wm2
| screenshot = [[Image:Wm2.png|300px]]
| author = [[Chris Cannam]]
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q8028924|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q8028924|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q8028924|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q8028924|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| operating system = [[Linux]], [[Unix-like]]
| programming language = [[C++]]
| genre = [[Window manager]]
| website = {{URL|https://all-day-breakfast.com/wm2/}}
}}

'''wm2''' is a [[Minimalism (computing)|minimalist]] [[Re-parenting window manager|reparenting]] [[X window manager|window manager]] for the [[X Window System]] written by Chris Cannam. 

== History ==
wm2 was released around 1997 and was inspired by the window manager from the operating system [[Plan 9 from Bell Labs|Plan 9]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ayers |first=Larry |date=1997-01-24 |title=A Profusion of Window-Managers |url=https://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/LG/issue14/winman.html |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Linux Gazette}}</ref>

== Functions ==
wm2 was designed to have a simple set of features and be fast. It provides support for moving, resizing, and deleting [[Windows (computing)|windows]], but does not support desktop [[Icon (computing)|icons]], menus, toolbars, panels, or docks.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2013-04-09 |title=A Memory Comparison of Light Linux Desktops – Part 2 |url=https://enos.itcollege.ee/~edmund/osadmin/materials/desktop-environments-memory-consumption/A_Memory_Comparison_of_Light_Linux_Desktops_%E2%80%93_Part_2.pdf |website=enos.itcollege.ee}}</ref> Instead of icons, wm2 allows temporary hiding of windows from the [[desktop environment]]. Hidden windows can be recovered via a menu from the [[root window]]. It does not support interactive configuration, or provide a virtual desktop, and other features of modern window managers such as configurable root [[Menu (computing)|menus]], [[toolbar]]s, etc. Configuration options require editing and recompiling a source file and few options are available.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ayers |first=Larry |date=1997-01-21 |title=wm2 |url=https://linuxgazette.net/issue14/wm2.html |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=Linux Gazette}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Burk |first=Robin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NoUpAQAAMAAJ |title=UNIX Unleashed |date=1998 |publisher=Sams Pub. |isbn=978-0-672-31411-7 |pages=476 |language=en}}</ref> wm2 is intended to be configuration free.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stutz |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hwJQOwg-MGYC&pg=PA121 |title=The Linux Cookbook, 2nd Edition: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use |date=2004 |publisher=No Starch Press |isbn=978-1-59327-031-5 |pages=428 |language=en}}</ref>

==wmx==
''wmx'' is a version of wm2 modified to add experimental features otherwise not supported in wm2.<ref>{{Cite web |title=wmx |url=https://www.all-day-breakfast.com/wmx/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=www.all-day-breakfast.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=T2 package - trunk - wmx - A window manager for X based on wm2 |url=https://t2sde.org/packages/wmx |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=t2sde.org}}</ref>

== Reception ==
wm2 was noted as being "very spartan", "bare-bones", and minimalist, though opinions on it were positive as it is allows for easy access to X11 and window management without too much configuration.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Roderick W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=usVQAAAAMAAJ |title=Degunking Linux |date=2005 |publisher=Paraglyph Press |isbn=978-1-933097-04-6 |pages=91 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Stephens |first=Ryan K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iUv0pX29EAMC |title=Sams' Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours |last2=Ball |first2=Bill |last3=Smoogen |first3=Stephen |date=1998 |publisher=Sams Pub. |isbn=978-0-672-31162-8 |pages=137 |language=en}}</ref> One author noted it used less memory than the other options he tried, getting it to run with only 0.7MB of memory.<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book
| first=Bill
| last=Ball
| title=The New XFree86
| year=2001
| publisher=Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade
| isbn=0-7615-3152-1
| url-access=registration
| url=https://archive.org/details/newxfree86linux00bill
}}

{{X desktop environments and window managers}}

[[Category:Free X window managers]]

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