Subject: 9wm: A Lightweight X Window Manager in the style of 8 1/2 I have just released version 1.0 of my X window manager, 9wm. 9wm attempts to capture the look and feel of the Plan 9 windowing system "8 1/2". This provides a minimal yet comfortable user interface. 9wm is particularly handy for users who are constantly moving back and forth between Plan 9 and X windows, but it should also appeal to non-Plan 9 users, particularly those who are sick of the amount of time that certain other window managers take to start up ;-) 9wm should be appearing on comp.sources.x soon, if all goes well. In the meantime, you can get it via anonymous ftp from ftp.cs.su.oz.au, in the directory /dhog/9wm. 9wm is freely available.