What distros provide a default IceWM environment?

Jason Hsu <[email protected]> Thu, 5 Jan 2012 12:09:58 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.comp.window-managers.icewm.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I provide IceWM and ROX pinboard as the desktop environment in Swift Linux (http://www.swiftlinux.org), the lightweight Linux distro that I started.  I'm currently in the process of transitioning Swift Linux from an antiX Linux base to a Linux Mint Debian Edition base.  The idea is to provide the merits of Linux Mint (large repository, superior driver support, user-friendliness, etc.) in a faster and lighter package that works just as well on Windows 98 era computers as Puppy Linux and antiX Linux.

I'm a big fan of IceWM.  It's user-friendly and feels comfortable to users of Windows XP/98/95.  IceWM is a fast and lightweight user interface.  Although I considered using JWM because Puppy Linux uses it, I found IceWM easier to configure.  I think that the upcoming termination of Windows XP support and the controversies over Unity and GNOME 3 give IceWM and distros that provide IceWM an unprecedented opportunity over the next few years.

What distros provide a default IceWM environment?  I have experience with antiX Linux, and I'm using many of its IceWM configuration files in Swift Linux.  I'd like to also do some reverse engineering of other IceWM distros.

As you may have guessed, Swift Linux won't win any awards for originality and isn't intended to have any one feature that is unique.  Instead, the idea is to create a super distro that integrates the best ideas that have already been successfully implemented by existing distros.

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Jason Hsu <[email protected]>

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