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• IceWM vs OpenboxOpenbox is a configurable stacking X11 window manager with custom menus and window rules, but it lacks IceWM's built-in taskbar and needs separate panels.
• IceWM vs JWMJWM is a lighter stacking X11 window manager needing only Xlib, suited to old hardware and Raspberry Pi, with a plainer appearance than IceWM.
• IceWM vs FVWM3FVWM3 is an extremely configurable X11 window manager with RandR multi-monitor support, though its configuration has a steeper learning curve than IceWM.
• IceWM vs Window MakerWindow Maker is a light X11 stacking window manager with a NeXTSTEP look, dockapps and a graphical preferences tool instead of a Windows-like taskbar.
• IceWM vs labwclabwc is a lightweight stacking compositor for Wayland rather than X11, and it needs other programs such as panels for a complete desktop.
• IceWM vs Xfwm4The lightweight window manager of the Xfce desktop, with a built-in compositor and themes.
• IceWM vs evilwmA minimalist, keyboard-controlled window manager for the X Window System with virtual desktops.
• IceWM vs XfceXfce is a full modular desktop environment with panels and a settings manager, so moving there means more components than IceWM's single window manager.
• IceWM vs LXQtLXQt is a full but light Qt-based desktop environment with X11 and Wayland sessions, offering more integrated components than a standalone window manager.
• IceWM vs MATEMATE is a complete traditional desktop environment continuing the GNOME 2 design, packaged in many distributions, with full releases arriving every few years.