IceWM

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Developer(s)Marko Maček
Initial release1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Stable release
3.4.7[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 25 March 2024
Repository
Written inC++
Operating systemUnix-like
TypeWindow manager
License1998: LGPL-2.0-only[a]
1997: GPL-2.0-only[b]
Websiteice-wm.org

IceWM is a stacking window manager for the X Window System, originally written by Marko Maček. It was written from scratch in C++ and is released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License.[4] It is customizable, relatively lightweight in terms of memory and CPU usage, and comes with themes that allow it to imitate the GUI of Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows 7, OS/2, Motif, and other graphical user interfaces.[4]

IceWM can be configured from plain text files

Alt+Tab task switcher. Official support for GNOME and KDE menus used to be available as a separate package. In recent IceWM versions, support for them is built-in as well. External graphical programs for editing the configuration[4]
and the menu are also available.

Usage

IceWM is installed as the default window manager for Absolute Linux, AntiX and Legacy OS.

The Easy mode default desktop of the

Eee PC uses IceWM.[5] [6]

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server also uses IceWM.[7]

Screenshots

  • IceWM with Xeyes on Debian Buster
    IceWM with Xeyes on Debian Buster
  • IceWM on Debian Buster, featuring Xcalendar and LXappearance
    IceWM in action
  • IceWM, featuring the IceDesert theme
    IceWM, featuring the IceDesert theme
  • IceWM's Start Menu is intended to resemble that of Windows 95.
    IceWM's Start Menu is intended to resemble that of Windows 95.
  • IceWM 1.3 Xsession running on Debian 7 Linux
  • IceWM, featuring the NanoBlue theme on openSUSE
    IceWM, featuring the NanoBlue theme on openSUSE

See also

Notes

  1. ^ LGPL-2.0-only since 1998, version 0.9.13.[2]
  2. ^ GPL-2.0-only from 1997-07-14 until 1998, version 0.9.12.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Release icewm-3.4.7". 25 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  2. ^ "icewm_0.9.15.orig.tar.gz".
  3. ^ "icewm-0.8.9.src.tar.gz".
  4. ^ a b c d Saunders, Mike (March 2008). "Lightweight window managers".
    Future Publishing
    .
  5. ^ Paul, Ryan (14 November 2007). "Eeextremely Eeenticing: a review of the Asus Eee PC". Ars Technica. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
  6. ^ Lawrence, Bill (14 October 2008). "Customizing Easy Mode in the Asus Eee PC | What Is a Window Manager? | InformIT". www.informit.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  7. ^ Sei, Mark (9 November 2016). "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server gains Raspberry Pi 3 support". Marksei.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.

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