How do I use the awesome window manager?

Question

I've installed awesome on my Ubuntu laptop, and I like it. But I feel kind of lost. I don't know any keyboard shortcuts and the man pages aren't really any help (for instance, what does Mod4 mean?).

Is there any kind of brief introduction to awesome I can read?

Answer 1

Here is one person's introduction

Here is a guide to installing it with Ubuntu

And here is a history and additional links via Wikipedia

Hope that helps!

Answer 2

I assume Mod4 is the same as meta which is the Windows key on most modern keyboards.

Answer 3

I recently started out with Awesome too. The links diablomarcus posted are great. You should also check out http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Main_Page If there exists an answer to any question you can't find on the wiki, which is sometimes a little out of date, you're gonna find it at #awesome on OFTC. They're really helpful, even to the novice. Try to do as much research as possible on the wiki.

Oh, and almost right away you're going to want to change at least one settings, so check out the Configuration page on the wiki.

Answer 4

Press Mod4+Enter (typically this would be the Wind*ws key and Enter) to open a terminal and then enter man awesome. A list of default key-bindings is shown.