ArchWiki
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IceWM - ArchWiki
October 2, 2025 - 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.
Factsheet
Developer Marko Maček
Release 1997; 29 years ago (1997)
Stable release 4.0.0
/ 1 January 2026; 6 months ago (1 January 2026)
/ 1 January 2026; 6 months ago (1 January 2026)
Developer Marko Maček
Release 1997; 29 years ago (1997)
Stable release 4.0.0
/ 1 January 2026; 6 months ago (1 January 2026)
/ 1 January 2026; 6 months ago (1 January 2026)
Arch Linux
archlinux.org › packages › extra › x86_64 › icewm
Arch Linux - icewm 4.0.0-1 (x86_64)
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Videos
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Arco : 4150 arconet - installation of Icewm - btrfs - icewm sources ...
Arco : 4127 arconet - installation of Icewm - gparted - mirrors ...
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ArchLinux32 - Install IceWm - YouTube
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Archlinux Install With IceWM - YouTube
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ArcoLinux : 1627 Installing Icewm using ArcoLinuxD and the ArcoLinuxD ...
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ArcoLinux : 1626 How to install icewm with Calamares on ArcoLinuxD ...
IceWM
ice-wm.org
IceWM | Window Manager
It includes an optional external background wallpaper manager with transparency support, a simple session manager and a system tray. IceWM is available on popular Linux distributions like Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, OpenSUSE, Gentoo, Slackware, CentOS, antiX, NixOS and on most *BSDs.
Arch Linux ARM
archlinuxarm.org › packages › aarch64 › icewm
icewm (aarch64) | Packages | Arch Linux ARM
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Arch Linux Man Pages
man.archlinux.org › man › icewm.1.en
icewm(1) — Arch manual pages
Arch Linux · Home · Packages · Forums · Wiki · GitLab · Security · AUR · Download · icewm - lightweight X11 window manager · icewm [OPTIONS] icewm is a small and fast window manager for the X11 window system. It is best started by icewm-session(1), which also starts icewmbg(1).
ArcoLinuxD
arcolinuxd.com › 33-how-to-install-arch-linux-on-bios-and-install-icewm
Installation of Icewm on Arch Linux Phase 4 | ArcoLinuxD
We start from the last video. We have a basic Arch Linux on our Virtualbox. Now we need to install the desktop. Lightdm is already activated but there is no desktop behind it yet. We go to the TTY with Right-CTRL + F3. On real metal you use Ctrl + Alt + F3. ... This is Icewm from Arch Linux.
Arch Linux Man Pages
man.archlinux.org › man › icewm-session.1.en
icewm-session(1) — Arch manual pages
It runs icewm as default window manager and controls the life cycle of related support applications.
Arch Linux
man.archlinux.org › listing › icewm
Arch manual pages
Arch Linux · Home · Packages · Forums · Wiki · GitLab · Security · AUR · Download · [en] icehelp(1) [en] icesh(1) [en] icesound(1) [en] icewm(1) [en] icewm-env(5) [en] icewm-focus_mode(5) [en] icewm-keys(5) [en] icewm-menu(5) [en] icewm-menu-fdo(1) [en] icewm-menu-xrandr(1) [en] icewm-preferences(5) [en] icewm-prefoverride(5) [en] icewm-programs(5) [en] icewm-session(1) [en] icewm-set-gnomewm(1) [en] icewm-shutdown(5) [en] icewm-startup(5) [en] icewm-theme(5) [en] icewm-toolbar(5) [en] icewm-winoptions(5) [en] icewmbg(1) [en] icewmhint(1)
GitHub
github.com › arcolinuxd › arco-icewm
GitHub - arcolinuxd/arco-icewm: All scripts necessary to have an awesome deskop experience on ArcoLinux or vanilla Arch Linux installation
All scripts necessary to have an awesome deskop experience on ArcoLinux or vanilla Arch Linux installation - GitHub - arcolinuxd/arco-icewm: All scripts necessary to have an awesome deskop experience on ArcoLinux or vanilla Arch Linux installation
Author arcolinuxd
Arch Linux Forums
bbs.archlinux.org › viewtopic.php
How step by step install IceWM? / Applications & Desktop Environments / Arch Linux Forums
May 26, 2006 - How edit meniu in IceWM? In Windows 98 more simple: if yuo want download opera, open Internet Explorer goto opera.com, download Opera, save to disk, then install and in "programs" find and click on Opera sortcut. And Opera run. In Arch it's way simpler: 1. open terminal 2.
Arch Linux Man Pages
man.archlinux.org › man › extra › icewm › icewm-menu.5.en
icewm-menu(5) — Arch manual pages
Arch Linux · Home · Packages · Forums · Wiki · GitLab · Security · AUR · Download · icewm-menu - icewm menu configuration file · $ICEWM_PRIVCFG/menu $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/icewm/menu $HOME/.icewm/menu /usr/etc/icewm/menu /usr/share/icewm/menu · The menu file is responsible for configuring most of the icewm(1) root menu and the start menu.
Arch Linux Man Pages
man.archlinux.org › man › extra › icewm › icewm-set-gnomewm.1.en
icewm-set-gnomewm(1) — Arch manual pages
Arch Linux · Home · Packages · Forums · Wiki · GitLab · Security · AUR · Download · icewm-set-gnomewm - modify GNOME settings to use IceWM · icewm-set-gnomewm [OPTIONS] icewm-set-gnomewm is a helper script that instruments GNOME to replace its own WM with icewm.
GitHub
github.com › ice-wm › icewm
GitHub - ice-wm/icewm: Please, read the WiKi above... · GitHub
This is a fork of the IceWM CVS on sourceforge. It includes all changes from the icewm-1-3-BRANCH branch, greatly enhanced EWMH/ICCCM compliance, as well as patches collected from Arch Linux, Debian, pld-linux, the IceWM bug list, and various other GitHub forks.
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Celettu's Weblog
celettu.wordpress.com › icewm-guide
IceWM Guide - Celettu's Weblog - WordPress.com
June 5, 2008 - It’s in the Ubuntu and Arch repos, and should be in any other distro’s repositories too. It doesn’t manage the desktop by default, so open it, go to Edit > Preferences > Desktop and check “Show Desktop Icons” and “Wallpaper”. The downside is, it doesn’t really look that great. It’s easy though. Keep in mind that, if you want the background to appear every time you boot the pc (as you probably will), you have to add “pcmanfm &” to your ~/.icewm/startup.
GitHub
github.com › bbidulock › icewm
GitHub - bbidulock/icewm: A window manager designed for speed, usability, and consistency · GitHub
This is a fork of the IceWM CVS on sourceforge. It includes all changes from the icewm-1-3-BRANCH branch, greatly enhanced EWMH/ICCCM compliance, as well as patches collected from Arch Linux, Debian, pld-linux, the IceWM bug list, and various other GitHub forks.
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