IceWM with xp-new theme and LongHorn Grass background. No dfm.
IceWM with xp-new theme, field background, dfm icons, and
IceWM Control Center to configure it.
The how-to:
1. Login then select IceWM from the xwmmenu.
It should create the default configuration at ~/.icewm.
If not, copy the files from /usr/X11/share/icewm.
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mkdir ~/.icewm cp /usr/X11/share/icewm/* ~/.icewm |
2. Prepare an XP-ish background. Longhorn
Grass and it's derivative would do.
3. Edit ~/.icewm/preferences. See the listing.
4. Edit ~/.icewm/toolbar. See the listing.
5. Edit ~/.icewm/menu. See the listing.
6. Logout then restart IceWM.
7. Click start button, select Themes, xp-new. Nice ?
However, I could not figure out how to make IceWM 1.2.7 remembers the last theme. The newest IceWM version 1.2.13 does.
Download it from www.icewm.org
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See, IceWM can be beautifull. More over, IceWM is fast and light.
I compared 3 windows manager on my pentium II laptop,
here is the result:
* Launch time
I tried to launch each windows manager 3 times from the console (startx). The time they took are (seconds):
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N-run IceWM XFCE4 KDE 1 9 16 32 2 6 9 15 3 6 8 15 |
* Memory consumption
The memory (KB) they took from console to ready (empty, no other apps).
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N-Run IceWM XFCE4 KDE 1 10408 15908 40932 2 10752 16240 41480 3 10940 16400 42004 |
So I choose IceWM, compare to KDE.
I think I can spare 30 MB without loosing too much functionality/eye candy.
If you want the lightest and fastest windows manager, try Fluxbox.
However, it's no non-sense look & feels may bite you a litle bit.
File $HOME/.icewm/preference
Only part that need to be changed
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# preferences(1.2.7) - generated by genpref # This file should be copied to /etc/icewm/ or $HOME/.icewm/ #### Options to mimicing Windows # Opaque window move OpaqueMove=0 # 0/1 # Opaque window resize OpaqueResize=0 # 0/1 # Menus track mouse even with no mouse buttons held MenuMouseTracking=1 # 0/1 # Support win95 keyboard keys (Penguin/Meta/Win_L,R shows menu) Win95Keys=1 # 0/1 # Support mouse wheel UseMouseWheel=1 # 0/1 # Alt+Tab window switching QuickSwitch=1 # 0/1 # Alt+Tab to windows on other workspaces QuickSwitchToAllWorkspaces=1 # 0/1 #### Options for taskbar # Show clock on task bar TaskBarShowClock=1 # 0/1 # Show APM status on task bar TaskBarShowAPMStatus=1 # 0/1 # Task bar clock/APM uses nice pixmapped LCD display TaskBarClockLeds=1 # 0/1 # Show CPU status on task bar (Linux & Solaris) TaskBarShowCPUStatus=1 # 0/1 # Show network status on task bar (Linux only) TaskBarShowNetStatus=0 # 0/1 #### Options for background # Display desktop background centered and not tiled DesktopBackgroundCenter=1 # 0/1 # Support for semitransparent terminals like Eterm or gnome-terminal SupportSemitransparency=1 # 0/1 # Desktop background color DesktopBackgroundColor = midnightBlue # Desktop background image DesktopBackgroundImage = "/usr/share/pixmaps/LonghornGrass.jpg" # Color to announce for semi-transparent windows DesktopTransparencyColor=black # Image to announce for semi-transparent windows # DesktopTransparencyImage="" |
File $HOME/.icewm/toolbar
This file controls the small icons for launching programs on the taskbar.
The format is
prog Label Ikon nama_program [paramater ...]
Here is the example
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# This is an example for IceWM's toolbar definition file. # # Place your variants in /etc/icewm or in $HOME/.icewm # since modifications to this file will be discarded when you # (re)install icewm. # prog ATerm xterm aterm -tr -sh 40 -fg white prog Firebird phoenix firebird prog OpenOffice ooo_global ooffice prog Bluefish bluefish bluefish prog Gimp gimp gimp prog XMMS xmms xmms prog MPlayer mplayer gmplayer |
File $HOME/.icewm/menu
This file controls the menu. The format is similar with the tollbar
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# IceWM Menu # Menu Level 1 prog "Shutdown" shutdown sudo shutdown now prog "Kill" bomb xkill separator # Line separator menu "Console" folder { # Level 2 menu "Remote SSH" folder { prog "Jawa" - aterm -e ssh papua prog "Papua" - aterm -e ssh jawa } menu "Local" folder { prog "Midnight Commander" - aterm -e /usr/bin/mc prog "Mail" - aterm -e /usr/bin/pine prog "Chat" - aterm -e /usr/bin/bitcxx #sensor prog "VIM" - aterm -e /usr/bin/vim } } menu "File_Managers" folder { prog "ROX" /usr/share/pixmaps/rox. /usr/bin/rox prog "XFtree" xftree xftree } menu "Editors" folder { prog "BlueFish" bluefish bluefish prog "NEdit" nedit nedit prog "VIM" gvim gvim prog "PDF Viewer" pdf xpdf } menu "Graphics" folder { prog "Xv" xv xv prog "The GIMP" gimp gimp prog "GQview" gqview gqview } menu "Multimedia" folder { prog "XMMS" xmms xmms prog "Mplayer" mplayer gmplayer prog "Xcdroast" xcdroast xcdroast } menu "Internet" folder { prog "Firebird" phoenix firebird prog "Dillo" galeon dillo prog "E-Mail" email sylpheed prog "X-Chat" xchat xchat prog "ICQ" icq licq prog "TkPPPoe" isp tkpppo } menu "Office" folder { prog "OpenOffice" ooo_global ooffice prog "AbiWord" abiword AbiWord } ## Include the toolbas as favourite menufile Favourite toolbar toolbar |