IceWM
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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.[4] 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.[4]
Developer(s) | Marko Maček |
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Initial release | 1997; 27 years ago (1997) |
Stable release | |
Repository | |
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 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.