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JWM

Also known as Joe's Window Manager. Created in 2003, one of the default window manager for Puppy Linux, and actively updated by Joe, its creator.

IceWM

icewm home page . Bug Tracking. If you have a patch, a bug report or a feature request to submit, please do so at the icewm project page at SourceForge.
  • JWM Landing page
    Landing page //
    2019-12-21
  • IceWM Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-05-07

JWM

Categories
  • Window Manager
  • Linux
  • Utilities
  • Open Source
Website joewing.net  
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IceWM

Categories
  • Linux
  • Window Manager
  • Utilities
  • Open Source
Website icewm.org  
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JWM videos

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Obscure Window Manager Project - JWM

More videos:

  • Review - Openbox, Fluxbox or JWM which one do you like?
  • Review - Review Tori Os - Debian 32 bits + JWM 2019

IceWM videos

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Obscure Window Manager Project - IceWM

More videos:

  • Tutorial - IceWM Tutorial - The fastest Linux window manager
  • Demo - antiX 19 beta 3 IceWM Demo Features Review II

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to JWM and IceWM)

JWM

IceWM

Linux
27 27%
Linux
73% 73
Window Manager
24 24%
Window Manager
76% 76
Utilities
36 36%
Utilities
64% 64
Open Source
100 100%
Open Source
0% 0

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Reviews

These are some of the external sources and on-site user reviews we've used to compare JWM and IceWM

JWM Reviews

Top 13 Best Tiling Window Managers For Linux In 2022
JWM (Joe’s Window Manager) is a lightweight open-source C-based window manager for the X11 Window System that is designed to run smoothly on older, less powerful computers. It simply needs the Xlib library to run, but it can also use other libraries like libXext for shape extensions, Cairo and libRSVG for icons and backdrops, libjpeg and libpng for JPEG and PNG backgrounds...
Source: www.hubtech.org
13 Best Tiling Window Managers for Linux
JWM (Joe’s Window Manager) is an open-source C-based lightweight window manager for the X11 Window System optimized to work smoothly on older, less powerful computer systems. It requires only the Xlib library to run but is capable of working with a host of other libraries including libXext for shape extension, Cairo and libRSVG for icons and backgrounds, libjpeg and libpng...
Source: www.tecmint.com

IceWM Reviews

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, JWM seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 3 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

JWM mentions (3)

  • Desktop Environments preferred by various distributions, over time
    More data than I expected, OpenBSD also preferred jwm for a short time. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Windows or debian for a potato laptop
    Absolutely yes - I had a very, really old toshiba satellite A50 from 2006 or so, I just can't remember the year, maybe older, but it is really old (it still is somewhere around here, although I've never used it anymore) running debian 32 bits with jwm (I prefer this over openbox or other minimalist DE - this is something where you should take some time trying, to see which it's best for you and for that machine). Source: over 2 years ago
  • debian 32bit w/openbox on a 17 yr old intel pentium 4 single core cpu....linux is amazing
    Last time I tried Debian on a computer with only 512MB, I ended up with JWM as the window manager. Source: over 2 years ago

IceWM mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of IceWM yet. Tracking of IceWM recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing JWM and IceWM, you can also consider the following products

i3 - A dynamic tiling window manager designed for X11, inspired by wmii, and written in C.

Openbox - Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.

Fluxbox - Fluxbox is a window manager for X that was based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code.

awesome - A dynamic window manager for the X Window System developed in the C and Lua programming languages.

dwm - dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle and floating layouts. All of the layouts can be applied dynamically, optimising the environment for the application in use and the task performed.

Xmonad - xmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell.

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