IceWM
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| Developer(s) | Marko Maček |
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| Initial release | 1997 |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Type | Window manager |
| License | 1998: LGPL-2.0-only[lower-alpha 1] 1997: GPL-2.0-only[lower-alpha 2] |
| Website | ice-wm |
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.[3] 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.[3]
IceWM can be configured from plain text files[3] stored in a user's home directory, making it easy to customize and copy settings. IceWM has an optional, built-in taskbar with a dynamic start menu, tasks display, system tray, network and CPU meters, mail check and configurable clock. It features a task list window and an 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[3] and the menu are also available.
Usage
[edit | edit source]IceWM is installed as the default window manager for Absolute Linux, AntiX and Legacy OS.
The Easy mode default desktop of the Asus Eee PC uses IceWM.[4][5]
openSUSE for Raspberry Pi uses IceWM by default as a lightweight GUI. The Raspberry Pi 3 only version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server also uses IceWM.[6]
Screenshots
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IceWM with Xeyes on Debian Buster
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IceWM in action
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IceWM, featuring the IceDesert theme
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IceWM's Start Menu is intended to resemble that of Windows 95.
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IceWM, featuring the NanoBlue theme on openSUSE
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IceWM running on AntiX 23.1
See also
[edit | edit source]- FVWM95
- Comparison of X window managers
- Spri, a former lightweight Linux distribution which used IceWM as its default user interface
Notes
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "icewm_0.9.15.orig.tar.gz".
- ↑ "icewm-0.8.9.src.tar.gz".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Saunders, Mike (March 2008). "Lightweight window managers". Linux Format. UK: Future Publishing (103).
- ↑ Paul, Ryan (14 November 2007). "Eeextremely Eeenticing: a review of the Asus Eee PC". Ars Technica. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Sei, Mark (9 November 2016). "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server gains Raspberry Pi 3 support". Marksei.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
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