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IceWM 3.0.0 (UPDATED)

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 03, 2022,

updated Oct 05, 2022

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↺ IceWM

The latest released version is 3.0.0 (2022-10-03).

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UPDATE

Liam Proven's coverage:

IceWM reaches version 3 after a mere 25 years • The Register

↺ IceWM reaches version 3 after a mere 25 years • The Register

> A new version of a quarter-century-old window manager shows that there's still room for improvement and innovation, even in established, mature tools.

> The world of Linux desktop environments is full of sound and fury, with a constant stream of new developments and new versions. Lots of them duplicate each others' work and functionality, sometimes just using slightly different tooling. All too often, ambitious or promising projects never reach version 1.0. Either they get abandoned or simply become moribund, and new updates stop appearing.

> It's easy to be distracted by this constant background noise and forget that there are simpler alternatives to a complete desktop, without going full Luddite and living at a console prompt. A trendy way to do this is with a tiling window manager, and alongside established favorites – for example awesomewm, i3, and ratpoison – there are lesser-known ones that are exploring new functionality such as bspwm, herbsluftwm, and Qtile. Lots of new tiling window managers are arriving on Wayland like cagebreak, dwl, newm, and river.

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