IceWM

	IceWM screenshot (IceDesert theme)
Developer(s)	Marko Maček
Initial release	1997; 27 years ago
Stable release	1.3.8 / November 17, 2013; 10 years ago
Preview release	1.3.8pre1 / 19 November 2011; 12 years ago
Repository	github.com/ice-wm/icewm ;
Written in	C++
Operating system	Unix-like
Type	Window manager
License	GNU LGPL
Website	www.icewm.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.^[1] 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.^[1] IceWM is meant to excel in look and feel while being lightweight and customizable.

IceWM can be configured from plain text files^[1] stored in a user's home directory, making it easy to customize and copy settings. IceWM has an optional, built-in taskbar with menu, tasks display, network and CPU meters, mail check and configurable clock. 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^[1] and the menu are also available.

Usage

IceWM is installed as the main Window Manager MidnightBSD-release.iso Absolute Linux, and Puppy Linux.

The Easy mode default desktop of the Asus Eee PC uses IceWM.^[2]

openSUSE Linux for Raspberry Pi 1/2/3 uses IceWM by default as a lightweight GUI.[1] The Raspberry Pi 3 only version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server also uses IceWM.[2]