How to Install Awesome Window Manager on RHEL 10 – Step by step

Awesome RHEL 10 Installation Guide

How to Install Awesome Window Manager on Red Hat Enterprise based Linux 10 desktop – Step by step Tutorial.

The Awesome for RHEL 10 desktop provides Out-of-Box an Amazing Range of Quick Switching Tiled Layouts to Make your Work Pleasantly Easier.

Moreover, Awesome is Highly Configurable in LUA, a Next Generation Framework Window Manager for X.

It is primarily targeted at Power Users, Developers and anyone dealing with everyday computing tasks who want Fine-Grained Control of their Graphical Environment.

Here are some Key Features of Awesome:

• Dynamic Tiling: Windows are automatically tiled to fill available space without manual resizing, maximizing productivity.
• Lua Configuration: Full customization of key bindings, layouts, and UI using the Lua programming language.
• Tagging System: Use tags instead of traditional workspaces, with flexible and fast switching between tasks.
• Extensibility: Expand Awesome with Lua modules for widgets, taskbars, and applets.
• Keyboard-Centric: Optimized for power users who prefer fast keyboard-driven workflows.
• Minimalist Interface: Clean UI with a customizable status bar, tailored to user preferences.
• Active Development: Ongoing updates and a strong user community.

Finally, to achieve this Setup you only need to Enable the EPEL Repository and Install the Awesome Package.

1. Enable EPEL Release for RHEL 10

   Enabling epel-release on RHEL 10

   sudo dnf install epel-release -y