afterstep

AfterStep is a window manager for the Unix X Window System. Originally based on the look and feel of the NeXTStep interface, it provides end users with a consistent, clean, and elegant desktop. When I started my Linux exploration in the mid 90’s, Afterstep was the first Window manager that I used. Back then, I had to compile everything, including X Windows and my window manager.

Afterstep uses very little system resources, making it a really fast graphical user interface for Linux. The looks of Afterstep hasn’t changed much as you can see in the screenshot. You still have the square style menu, and the right click to context menu. I love it. One of the things that really drew me to this Window manager as my first, was the fact that it didn’t take long to compile. Trust me, compiling on 486 and old pentium computers was slow!