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IceWM

IceWM screenshot (IceDesert theme)
Developed by	Marko Maček
Latest release	1.2.35 / January 4, 2008
OS	Linux, BSD
Genre	Window Manager
License	GNU GPL and GNU LGPL
Website	www.icewm.org

IceWM's Start Menu is intended to resemble Windows 95

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. IceWM is meant to excel in look and feel while being lightweight and customizable.

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.

A well-known user of IceWM as their default desktop is the Easy mode of the Asus Eee PC.^[1]

References

^ Eeextremely Eeenticing: a review of the Asus Eee PC. Retrieved on 2008-06-16.

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Window management topics

Techniques	Tiling · Stacking · Compositing · Re-parenting

Tiling Examples	Awesome · Ion · Wmii · Ratpoison · stumpwm · xmonad · Xerox Star · Windows 1.0 · GEM (2.0 and Later)

Stacking Examples	Enlightenment · Blackbox · Presentation Manager · Windows 2.0 · Windows 95 · Windows 98 · Windows Me · Windows NT - Windows XP · Mac OS 9 and earlier · GEM 1.1 · Xerox Alto

Compositing Examples	Beryl · Compiz · Desktop Window Manager (with Windows Aero) · Metacity · KWin · Aqua (with the Quartz Compositor)

Systems with WMs	Amiga OS · Mac OS · OS/2 · Xerox PARC (Xerox Alto, Xerox Star) · Microsoft Windows · MS-DOS with GEM · Atari TOS · RISC OS

Components	Window Manager · Window decorator · Dock (computing) · Title bar · Task bar · System tray

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