IceWM

IceWM
	IceWM with Xeyes on Debian Buster
Developer(s)	Marko Maček
Initial release	1997; 25 years ago
Stable release	2.9.7 / 1 May 2022
Repository	github.com/ice-wm/icewm ;
Written in	C++
Operating system	Unix-like
Type	Window manager
License	1998: LGPL-2.0-only; 1997: GPL-2.0-only
Website	ice-wm.org

IceWM is a stacking window manager for the X Window System graphical infrastructure, 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 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 is meant to excel in look and feel while being lightweight and customizable.

IceWM can be configured from plain text files^[4] 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^[4] and the menu are also available.

Usage[edit]

IceWM is installed as the main Window Manager for Absolute Linux, Antix and the light version of VectorLinux.

The Easy mode default desktop of the Asus Eee PC uses IceWM.^[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]