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Echinus window manager, a DWM derivative, is nearly abandoned

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The Echinus window manager, a derivative of DWM, is described as human-friendly but is largely abandoned. Despite its availability on FreeBSD, the project appears to have minimal ongoing development. AI

RANK_REASON The item discusses a niche software project with no significant industry impact or newsworthiness.

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Echinus window manager, a DWM derivative, is nearly abandoned

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # Echinus is my favorite # windowmanager : it is a human-friendly derivative of # DWM . The project is almost abandoned even though is available on # FreeBSD ..

    # Echinus is my favorite # windowmanager : it is a human-friendly derivative of # DWM . The project is almost abandoned even though is available on # FreeBSD ... Well... I had this nasty idea to revive the project by adding some # AI slop and fix what is not working or I'd like t…

    LINKS github.com/…/echinus plhk.ru

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