IceWM is a stacking window manager for the

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, originally written by Marko Maček. It was written from scratch in C++ and is released under the terms of the

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. It is customizable, relatively lightweight in terms of memory and CPU usage, and comes with themes that allow it to imitate the GUI of

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, Motif, and other

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s. IceWM can be configured from plain text files stored in a user's

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, making it easy to customize and copy settings. IceWM has an optional, built-in

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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

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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 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 Asus Eee PC uses IceWM. openSUSE for

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uses IceWM by default as a lightweight GUI. The Raspberry Pi 3 only version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server also uses IceWM.

Screenshots

File:IceWM with Xeyes.png, IceWM with Xeyes on Debian Buster File:IceWM in action.png, alt=IceWM on Debian Buster, featuring Xcalendar and LXappearance, IceWM in action File:Icewm-default.jpg, IceWM, featuring the IceDesert theme File:Icewmstartmenu.png, IceWM's Start Menu is intended to resemble that of Windows 95. File:IceWM 1.3.ogv, IceWM 1.3 Xsession running on

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File:IceWM NanoBlue openSUSE.png, IceWM, featuring the NanoBlue theme on openSUSE File:IceWM on AntiX Demonstration.webm, IceWM running on AntiX 23.1

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