so yay? It's a little bare-bones because of limited disk space, but I was able to boot the encrypted LV, put in a password in dracut's initramfs, start xdm, and start icewm and xterm. I can write up a step-by-step HOWTO later (with screenshots) if anyone is interested.
January 30, 2026 at 12:46 AM
so yay? It's a little bare-bones because of limited disk space, but I was able to boot the encrypted LV, put in a password in dracut's initramfs, start xdm, and start icewm and xterm. I can write up a step-by-step HOWTO later (with screenshots) if anyone is interested.
IceWM on OpenBSD by greplife
https://deskto.ps/u/greplife/d/rsrl00
https://deskto.ps/u/greplife/d/rsrl00
January 29, 2026 at 2:20 PM
IceWM on OpenBSD by greplife
https://deskto.ps/u/greplife/d/rsrl00
https://deskto.ps/u/greplife/d/rsrl00
Playing with MX Linux on an old laptop PC, where it replaced #Windows10. Good experience. I use #Ventoy to make life USBs with several ISOs on one stick. I think that I'll stay with this distribution for a while (even though I like Arch and Mint too).
#MXlinux
#MXlinux
January 27, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Playing with MX Linux on an old laptop PC, where it replaced #Windows10. Good experience. I use #Ventoy to make life USBs with several ISOs on one stick. I think that I'll stay with this distribution for a while (even though I like Arch and Mint too).
#MXlinux
#MXlinux
3 sans problèmes alors qu'il est assez modifié, kernel low latency, réglage opti pour le son sur toute petite config avec icewm, bref, j'ai rien senti et c plus fluide maintenant haha
#Linux y'a moins bien, certes, mais c'est beaucoup plus cher haha 🤓 [2/2]
#Linux y'a moins bien, certes, mais c'est beaucoup plus cher haha 🤓 [2/2]
January 27, 2026 at 7:05 PM
3 sans problèmes alors qu'il est assez modifié, kernel low latency, réglage opti pour le son sur toute petite config avec icewm, bref, j'ai rien senti et c plus fluide maintenant haha
#Linux y'a moins bien, certes, mais c'est beaucoup plus cher haha 🤓 [2/2]
#Linux y'a moins bien, certes, mais c'est beaucoup plus cher haha 🤓 [2/2]
If it doesn't work with X11 there is no point. Wayland has never worked on my rig. I guess I'll go back to ICEWM.
January 27, 2026 at 6:02 AM
If it doesn't work with X11 there is no point. Wayland has never worked on my rig. I guess I'll go back to ICEWM.
Hope the auto-update deals with this.
Touch screen is working, so is wifi
Something call ROX-ICEWM has a little resources panel going on the r hand side.
Now I see Firefox Esr update file d/l-ing
Gonna take a while on my shyte connection...
TBC .../
Touch screen is working, so is wifi
Something call ROX-ICEWM has a little resources panel going on the r hand side.
Now I see Firefox Esr update file d/l-ing
Gonna take a while on my shyte connection...
TBC .../
January 19, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Hope the auto-update deals with this.
Touch screen is working, so is wifi
Something call ROX-ICEWM has a little resources panel going on the r hand side.
Now I see Firefox Esr update file d/l-ing
Gonna take a while on my shyte connection...
TBC .../
Touch screen is working, so is wifi
Something call ROX-ICEWM has a little resources panel going on the r hand side.
Now I see Firefox Esr update file d/l-ing
Gonna take a while on my shyte connection...
TBC .../
On Jan 6, the #VendefoulWolf #Linux maintainers released a new ISO with #IceWM and #XLibre by default. According to them, it boots very fast and uses only ~200 MB RAM. You can read more about this #Devuan based distribution at vendefoul-wolf-linux.sourceforge.io. #XingsDay
January 15, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Then I just started using i3 on it today and it definitely feels like home. I like i3wm as a tilling window manager and icewm as a floating window manager to be honest they both feel nice to use
January 15, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Then I just started using i3 on it today and it definitely feels like home. I like i3wm as a tilling window manager and icewm as a floating window manager to be honest they both feel nice to use
I installed niri on my recent desktop running cachyOS and I genuinely thought I'd like it and it is aight but I actually don't love it too much because it feels weird to me and the configuration file at least currently feels foreign so I used icewm for a it and I also really love that (...)
January 15, 2026 at 8:58 PM
I installed niri on my recent desktop running cachyOS and I genuinely thought I'd like it and it is aight but I actually don't love it too much because it feels weird to me and the configuration file at least currently feels foreign so I used icewm for a it and I also really love that (...)
Dincolo de minimalism: ce aduce nou IceWM 4.0.0
Mediile desktop în Linux tind să devină tot mai complexe și mâncătoare de resurse, dar există un supraviețuitor care refuză să sacrifice viteza: IceWM. Recent, echipa de dezvoltare a lansat versiunea...
ciprianbugulet.blogspot.com/2026/01/dinc...
Mediile desktop în Linux tind să devină tot mai complexe și mâncătoare de resurse, dar există un supraviețuitor care refuză să sacrifice viteza: IceWM. Recent, echipa de dezvoltare a lansat versiunea...
ciprianbugulet.blogspot.com/2026/01/dinc...
Dincolo de minimalism: ce aduce nou IceWM 4.0.0
Mediile desktop în Linux tind să devină tot mai complexe și mâncătoare de resurse, dar există un supraviețuitor care refuză să sacrifice vit...
ciprianbugulet.blogspot.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Dincolo de minimalism: ce aduce nou IceWM 4.0.0
Mediile desktop în Linux tind să devină tot mai complexe și mâncătoare de resurse, dar există un supraviețuitor care refuză să sacrifice viteza: IceWM. Recent, echipa de dezvoltare a lansat versiunea...
ciprianbugulet.blogspot.com/2026/01/dinc...
Mediile desktop în Linux tind să devină tot mai complexe și mâncătoare de resurse, dar există un supraviețuitor care refuză să sacrifice viteza: IceWM. Recent, echipa de dezvoltare a lansat versiunea...
ciprianbugulet.blogspot.com/2026/01/dinc...
You are so ready to start using IceWm on a Linux box. Is what I did after MacOS Tahoe pissed me off with its bullshit “aesthetics”.
January 14, 2026 at 11:03 PM
You are so ready to start using IceWm on a Linux box. Is what I did after MacOS Tahoe pissed me off with its bullshit “aesthetics”.
IceWM soldiers on while Budgie jumps the Wayland ship
www.theregister.com/2026/01/12/i...
Two new Linux GUIs – plus Phoenix, an experimental new X server in Zig
<- by me on @theregister.com
www.theregister.com/2026/01/12/i...
Two new Linux GUIs – plus Phoenix, an experimental new X server in Zig
<- by me on @theregister.com
IceWM soldiers on while Budgie jumps the Wayland ship
: Two new Linux GUIs – plus Phoenix, an experimental new X server in Zig
www.theregister.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:52 AM
IceWM soldiers on while Budgie jumps the Wayland ship
www.theregister.com/2026/01/12/i...
Two new Linux GUIs – plus Phoenix, an experimental new X server in Zig
<- by me on @theregister.com
www.theregister.com/2026/01/12/i...
Two new Linux GUIs – plus Phoenix, an experimental new X server in Zig
<- by me on @theregister.com
IceWM soldiers on while Budgie jumps the Wayland ship
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/12/icewm_budgie_x_server/
Two new Linux GUIs – plus Phoenix, an experimental new X server in Zig
<- by me on @theregister
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/12/icewm_budgie_x_server/
Two new Linux GUIs – plus Phoenix, an experimental new X server in Zig
<- by me on @theregister
IceWM soldiers on while Budgie jumps the Wayland ship
: Two new Linux GUIs – plus Phoenix, an experimental new X server in Zig
www.theregister.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:01 AM
IceWM soldiers on while Budgie jumps the Wayland ship
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/12/icewm_budgie_x_server/
Two new Linux GUIs – plus Phoenix, an experimental new X server in Zig
<- by me on @theregister
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/12/icewm_budgie_x_server/
Two new Linux GUIs – plus Phoenix, an experimental new X server in Zig
<- by me on @theregister
IceWM soldiers on while Budgie jumps the Wayland ship
IceWM soldiers on while Budgie jumps the Wayland ship
Two new Linux GUIs – plus Phoenix, an experimental new X server in Zig
The new year brings releases from opposite ends of the Linux GUI spectrum: IceWM, an X11 window manager from the late 1990s, and Budgie, a newer full desktop environment that has gone Wayland-native.…
dlvr.it
January 12, 2026 at 5:16 PM
IceWM soldiers on while Budgie jumps the Wayland ship
iceWMとかJWMとかで環境作ってる人への憧れというのもある。時代はタイル型だろって？ まずは端末を分割するやつを使えるようになってからかな……
January 11, 2026 at 3:50 PM
iceWMとかJWMとかで環境作ってる人への憧れというのもある。時代はタイル型だろって？ まずは端末を分割するやつを使えるようになってからかな……
Gerenciador de Janelas IceWM 4.0 lançado com um alternador alt+tab aprimorado - #Linux
livreeaberto.com/icewm-4-0-la...
livreeaberto.com/icewm-4-0-la...
Gerenciador de Janelas IceWM 4.0 lançado com um alternador alt+tab aprimorado
O gerenciador de janelas leve IceWM 4.0 agora está disponível com melhorias no interruptor rápido Alt+Tab e suporte para ícones de alta resolução.
livreeaberto.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Gerenciador de Janelas IceWM 4.0 lançado com um alternador alt+tab aprimorado - #Linux
livreeaberto.com/icewm-4-0-la...
livreeaberto.com/icewm-4-0-la...
This only thing I know about this WM is that it was included by default by Mandrake back in the day, for those who wanted to use it: IceWM 4.0.0 Released: A Lightweight Boost for Linux Desktops
IceWM 4.0.0 Released: A Lightweight Boost for Linux Desktops
Quick feature highlights of IceWM 4.0.0 window manager, which brings the overhauled ALT+TAB feature and under-the-hood fixes.
buff.ly
January 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
This only thing I know about this WM is that it was included by default by Mandrake back in the day, for those who wanted to use it: IceWM 4.0.0 Released: A Lightweight Boost for Linux Desktops
IceWM - 4.5mb of memory
LXQt - 120mb of memory
LXQt - 120mb of memory
January 5, 2026 at 3:54 AM
IceWM - 4.5mb of memory
LXQt - 120mb of memory
LXQt - 120mb of memory
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Manjaro 26, Devuan 6.1, IceWM 4.0, Archinstall 3.0.15, Orbitiny Desktop Pilot 8, Shotcut 15.12, key Linux and open-source moments of 2025, MiDesktop brings KDE 1 back to life, and more.
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#Linux #OpenSource
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#Linux #OpenSource
Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 1, 2026 (Dec 29, 2025 – Jan 4, 2026)
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Manjaro 26, Devuan 6.1, IceWM 4.0, Archinstall 3.0.15, Orbitiny Desktop Pilot 8, Shotcut 15.12, key Linux and open-source moments of 2025, MiDesktop brings KDE 1 bac...
linuxiac.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Manjaro 26, Devuan 6.1, IceWM 4.0, Archinstall 3.0.15, Orbitiny Desktop Pilot 8, Shotcut 15.12, key Linux and open-source moments of 2025, MiDesktop brings KDE 1 back to life, and more.
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#Linux #OpenSource
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#Linux #OpenSource