IceWM

IceWM
	IceWM with Xeyes on Debian Buster
Developer(s)	Marko Maček
Initial release	1997; 25 years ago
Stable release	2.9.5 / January 20, 2022; 6 days ago
Repository	github.com/ice-wm/icewm ;
Written in	C++
Operating system	Unix-like
Type	Window manager
License	GNU LGPL
Website	ice-wm.org

IceWM is a stacking window manager for the X Window System graphical infrastructure, written by . It was written from scratch in C++ and is released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License.^[2] 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.^[2] IceWM is meant to excel in look and feel while being lightweight and customizable.

IceWM can be configured from plain text files^[2] 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^[2] and the menu are also available.

Usage[]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]