Re: IDEA: IceDE (lightweight LXDE competitor)

That's a shame.  I use IceWM in Swift Linux for many reasons:
1.  IceWM provides a user-friendly feel that won't intimdate people who have been using Windows 95/98/XP.
2.  IceWM + ROX is even lighter than LXDE, which is already lighter than Xfce.  (And Xfce is lighter than GNOME and KDE.)
3.  antiX Linux offers a template for a successful IceWM + ROX pinboard setup.  It's so much easier to copy a setup that already works (even if I have to make some modifications) than to create a new solution completely from scratch.
4.  Fluxbox isn't as user-friendly as IceWM.  I'm not sure how to describe it, but I've tried both IceWM and Fluxbox on the full version of antiX Linux, and IceWM is so much better.
5.  JWM doesn't seem to be as well documented or supported as IceWM.

That said, if IceWM pulls a Unity or disappears from the Debian repositories (like gtkdialog recently did), then I'm switching to JWM.  Puppy Linux has successfully used JWM + ROX pinboard for years to provide a user-friendly interface.  antiX Linux M12 now offers a JWM + ROX pinboard setup that looks and feels similar to its traditional IceWM + ROX pinboard setup.

On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:26:37 +0200
Denis Prost <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I agree Jason, that would be a great idea if someone could take care of 
> it (I used myself to run icewm+rox pinboard in the past) but we first 
> have to make sure that icewm is still maintained : there are bugs 
> pending - some of them a little annoying - and no new release since 
> quite a lot of time.
> Regards,
> 
> Denis
> 
-- 
Jason Hsu <[email protected]>

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