Icewm 2.8 Window Manager Release

Available The release of the lightweight window manager ICEWM 2.8 . IceWM provides full-fledged control through keyboard combinations, the ability to use virtual desktops, taskbar and application menus. The window manager is configured through a fairly simple configuration file, it is possible to use the design. Built-in applets for CPU monitoring, memory, traffic. Separately develops several third-party GUI to configure, implement the desktop and the menu editors. The code is written in C ++ and distributed under the GPLv2 license.

In the new release, the performance and scalability of the menu with List of windows. Added support for grouping together the windows of the same applications. In ICesh utility, filtering is improved by the WM_CLASS property and added “+ Group” and “+ Class” options. Improved efficiency with wallpaper desktop, it is possible to remove the source image to reduce memory consumption.


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