IceWM
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 IceWM screenshot (IceDesert theme) |
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| Developer: | Marko Maček |
| Latest release: | 1.2.28 / September 10, 2006 |
| OS: | Linux, BSD |
| Use: | Window Manager |
| License: | GPL and LGPL |
| Website: | www.icewm.org |
In Unix computing, IceWM is a window manager for the X Window System graphical infrastructure, written by Marko Maček. It was coded from scratch in C++ and is released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License. It is relatively lightweight in terms of memory and CPU usage, and comes with themes that allow it to imitate the UI of Windows 95, OS/2, Motif, and other graphical user interfaces.
The primary aim of the IceWM project is to have a window manager which has a "good" look and feel and is, at the same time, lightweight. Another important characteristic of IceWM is not getting in the user's way by letting the user choose how to handle windows and not displaying popups.
IceWM can be configured from plain text files 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 was previously available as a separate package. In recent IceWM versions, support for them is embedded. External graphical programs for editing configuration and menu exist.
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