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 		<p>
 		dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11.
 		</p>
-		<h3>Differences to wmii</h3	
+		<h4>Background</h4>
 		<p>
-		In contrast to wmii, dwm is only a window manager, and nothing else.
-		Hence, it is much smaller, faster and simpler.
+		As founder and main developer of wmii I came to the conclusion that
+		wmii is too clunky for my needs. I don't need so many funky features
+		and all this hype about remote control through a 9P service, I only
+		want to manage my windows in a simple, but dynamic way. wmii never got
+		finished because I listened to users, who proposed arbitrary ideas I
+		considered useful. This resulted in an extreme <a
+		href="http://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html">CADT</a> development model,
+		which was a mistake. Thus the philosophy of dwm is simply <i>to fit my
+		needs</i> (maybe yours as well). That's it.
+		</p>
+		<h4>Differences to ion, larswm, and wmii</h4>
+		<p>
+		In contrast to ion, larswm, and wmii, dwm is much smaller, faster and simpler.
 		</p>
 		<ul>
 			<li>
-			dwm has no 9P support, no status bar, no menu, no editable tagbars,
-			no shell-based configuration and remote control and comes without
-			any additional tools like printing the selection or warping the
-			mouse.
+			dwm has no Lua integration, no 9P support, no editable
+			tagbars, no shell-based configuration, no remote control, and comes
+			without any additional tools like printing the selection or warping
+			the mouse.
 			</li>
 			<li>
 			dwm is only a single binary, it's source code is intended to never
 			exceed 2000 SLOC.
 			</li>
 			<li>
-			dwm is customized through editing its source code, that makes it
-			extremely fast and secure - it does not process any input data which
-			hasn't been known at compile time, except window title names.
+			dwm is based on tagging and dynamic window management (however
+			simpler than ion, wmii or larswm). It manages windows in
+			tiling and floating modes. Either mode can be applied dynamically,
+			depending on the application in use and the task performed.
 			</li>
 			<li>
-			dwm is based on tagging and dynamic window management (however simpler
-			than wmii or larswm).
+			dwm don't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or
+			tiled layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are in
+			tiled mode or not, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly.
+			Popup- and fixed-size windows are treated floating, however. 
 			</li>
 			<li>
-			dwm don't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or
-			managed layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are
-			managed or not, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly. Popup-
-			and fixed-size windows are treated unmanaged. 
+			dwm is customized through editing its source code, that makes it
+			extremely fast and secure - it does not process any input data
+			which hasn't been known at compile time, except window title names
+			and status text read from standard input. You don't have to learn
+			Lua/sh/ruby or some weird configuration file format (like X
+			resource files), beside C to customize it for your needs,
+			you <b>only</b> have to learn C (at least editing header files).
+			</li>
+			<li>
+			Because dwm is customized through editing its source code, it's
+			pointless to make binary packages of it. This keeps its userbase
+			small and elitist. No novices asking stupid questions.
 			</li>
 			<li>
 			dwm uses 1-pixel borders to provide the maximum of screen real
-			estate to clients. Small titlebars are only drawn in front of unfocused
-			clients.
+			estate to clients. Small titlebars are only drawn in front of
+			unfocused clients.
+			</li>
+			<li>
+			dwm reads from standard input to print arbitrary status text (like
+			the date, load, battery charge). That's much simpler than
+			larsremote, wmiir and what not...
 			</li>
 			<li>
-			garbeam <b>does not</b> want any feedback to dwm. If you ask for support,
-			feature requests, or if you report bugs, they will be <b>ignored</b>
-			with a high chance. dwm is only intended to fit garbeams needs.
-			However you are free to download and distribute/relicense it, with the
-			conditions of the <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm?f=f10eb1139362;file=LICENSE;style=raw">MIT/X Consortium license</a>.
+			It can be downloaded and distributed under the conditions
+			of the <a href="http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm?f=f10eb1139362;file=LICENSE;style=raw">MIT/X Consortium license</a>.
 			</li>
+			<li>
+			Optionally you can install <b>dmenu</b> to extend dwm with a wmii-alike menu.
+			</li>
+		</ul>
+		<h4>Links</h4>
+		<ul>
+			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/man/man2html?query=dwm">Man page</a></li>
+			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/shots/dwm-20060810a.png">Screenshot of tiled mode</a> (20060810)</li>
+			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/shots/dwm-20060810b.png">Screenshotof floating mode</a> (20060810)</li>
+			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/poster.ps">A4 poster (PostScript)</a></li>
+			<li>Mailing List: <a href="http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dwm">dwm at wmii dot de</a> <a href="http://10kloc.org/pipermail/dwm/">(Archives)</a></li>
+			<li>IRC channel: <code>#dwm</code> at <code>irc.oftc.net</code></li>
+		</ul>
+		<h3>Download</h3>
+		<ul>
+			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/dwm-0.7.tar.gz">dwm 0.7</a> (14kb) (20060807)</li>
+			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/dmenu-0.2.tar.gz">dmenu 0.2</a> (7kb) (20060807)</li>
 		</ul>
-		<h3>Screenshot</h3>
+		<h3>Development</h3>
 		<p>
-		<a href="http://wmii.de/shots/dwm-20060713.png">Click here for a screenshot</a> (20060713)
+		dwm is actively developed in parallel to wmii. You can <a href="http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm">browse</a> its source code repository or get a copy using <a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/">Mercurial</a> with following command:
+		</p>
+		<p>
+		<code>hg clone http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm</code>
 		</p>
-		<h3>Development</h3>
 		<p>
-		dwm is actively developed in parallel to wmii. You can <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm">browse</a> its source code repository or get a copy using <a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/">Mercurial</a> with following command:
+		<code>hg clone http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dmenu</code>
 		</p>
+		<h3>Miscellaneous</h3>
 		<p>
-		<code>hg clone http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm</code>
+		You can purchase this <a href="https://www.spreadshirt.net/shop.php?op=article&article_id=3298632&view=403">tricot</a>
+		if you like dwm and the dwm logo, which has been designed by Anselm.
 		</p>
-		<p>--Anselm (20060713)</p>
+		<p><small>--Anselm</small></p>
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