How do I use the awesome window manager?

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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?

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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!

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