Re: Is icewm over?

Adam Pribyl <[email protected]> Thu, 5 May 2016 17:18:08 +0200 (CEST)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.window-managers.icewm.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, 29 Apr 2016, Frank McCormick wrote:

>
>
> On 29/04/16 05:42 PM, Mikhail Ramendik wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Is icewm abandoned at this point? I am going to set up a new Linux
>> workstation for myself and am trying to understand if holding on to
>> IceWM is worth it.
>>
>> I definitely like the no-frills UI, the simple config, the blazing
>> speed, etc. But I don't think bugs get fixed at all?
>>
>
>
>   Best place to get it with bugs fixed and some features added is:
>
> https://github.com/bbidulock/icewm
>
> You can get a ZIP file which is easy to compile...or you can go whole hog
> and install GIT.


Well, the IceWM is almost bugfree... :) you know, what introduce troubles 
is the changing background, like Xorg.

I am still using it on recent systems without any issue. Compiling it is 
usually without issues too. Simple things do not tend to break so often.


Adam Pribyl


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