MetalheadGautham
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I thought I could start this thread to woo people to use IceWM and to find out who uses IceWM.
For those who don´t know,
The following link is the best IceWM introduction for ubuntu users ever made.
*www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/icewm
So any of you guys ever tried this thing ? I removed and purged those useless Xfce libraries, because Xfce is nothing compared to IceWM. It needs lots and lots of files, still its only slightly more benifitial compared to gnome. Fluxbox also gets pwned by IceWM. Openbox might be a great l00ker, but it eats waay too much ram.
For those who don´t know,
The following link is the best IceWM introduction for ubuntu users ever made.
*www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/icewm
Introduction(my version):
IceWM is a simple, elegent and easy to use window manager thats light on system requirements. It uses noticably lesser memory than FluxBox, OpenBox or Xfce. Its easy to configure, either with a GUI or with easy to edit text files placed in the ~/.icewm directory. IceWM has support for gnome like features too, via icewm-gnome-support package. It looks like Windows95, OS/2, Motif, and other classic OSes, but is still overall a modern looking Window Manager. Whats really great about it is that it has very little memory usage, but it still provides a pretty decent looking GUI.
Through icewm-themes package, you can get lots and lots of themes for IceWM, and freshmeat provides tonnes more. The default UI is ugly, so I recomend you use a theme like True-Curve, SilverXP, Natural, or OSX.
It lacks a desktop by default, but you can easily use a desktop like nautilus within it, though I don´t recomend it for memory reasons. But it does have an excellent menu, which can be edited to show desktop as an entry.
Lightweight apps make a good combination with IceWM, but its main use is as a <<¨sidekick¨>> to gnome 2.22, so that you can use it as an alternative desktop environment ONLY while performing CPU and Memory intensive tasks like DVD Burning, Gaming, etc.
It has a simple taskbar with IceMenu, show desktop, workspace switcher and window switcher. Its IceMenu is accessed by either rightclick on desktop or clicking on icemenu button. Though the menu may appear ugly at first sight, its really great and easy to use.
So any of you guys ever tried this thing ? I removed and purged those useless Xfce libraries, because Xfce is nothing compared to IceWM. It needs lots and lots of files, still its only slightly more benifitial compared to gnome. Fluxbox also gets pwned by IceWM. Openbox might be a great l00ker, but it eats waay too much ram.