SbK IceWM 25.0.0

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I am very happy to announce the release of SbK IceWM 25.0.0.

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The SpinsbyKilz.com watermark is not present in the installed OS.
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This is the initial release of IceWM for the SbK project. It is the desktop with the lowest resource usage of any of the spins at about 600 mb for the desktop.

All iso’s in this release include:

  1. The 6.6.74 LTS kernel.
  2. The New KoraSpin-icolor icon theme with light and dark versions of the control icons. It is part of the KoraSpin-25.0.0 package that includes all colors in the series.
  3. The new SpinThemeTeal17 matching Gtk and Kvantum themes in one package.
  4. The new Usplash-25.0.0 desktop wallpapers. One of them is the background for the grub, desktop, and login screen backgrounds.
  5. A basic Conky with matching color theme.
  6. The menu icon in the dock is the Xfce mouse icon and it is color matched to the other themes.
  7. The iso’s are up to date as of 2/6/2025…
  8. An optional Firefox theme, SbK Dark Teal17, that matches the color scheme is available here, Firefox Themes just click on the image in Firefox to install it.

All iso’s also contain the standard SbK features.

  1. The latest LTS kernel.
  2. A 100% Manjaro stable install.
  3. The AUR is available in pamac. Please read the AUR section of the SbK Best Practices page before using the AUR. AUR packages are not supported by Arch or Manjaro.
  4. It is multiarch by default to make running wine games and other 32bit software you may run easier.
  5. The Spins by Kilz signed repository is enabled for SbK project packages.
  6. A signed iso. For information on checking signed iso’s visit Check ISO
  7. Bloatware has been removed (HP printer software and others).
  8. Flat packs and snaps are not installed. The back ends are also not installed but can be installed by the user.
  9. All SbK iso’s contain Manjaro Architect script in case you want to do a custom install. To get any SbK packages like themes, icons, and other goodies you will have to add the SbK Repository after install.
  10. Timeshift autosnap installed. It takes a snapshot before upgrading so any bad upgrades can be easily reversed.
  11. A basic Conly with matching color theme.

A full and very minimal iso can be found here.

As always comments, questions and suggestions are always welcome. Just post below.

Jim

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I have decided to move to a dock for the next release. One of the SbK features is docks instead of panels. I thought about using plank as I did with Openbox. But decided against it because I want to keep the resource footprint as low as I can and another application will use up ram and cpu. The resources used may not be that big, but there are other options.
Looking at the IceWM preferences file I found exactly what I was looking for. The panel is convertible to a dock similar to the LXQt spin. It doesnt have intelligent autohide, but it does have application grouping, and the ability to change the size of the panel. Instead of autohide I made the panel sit below windows so they can be full screen. I hope that users like the changes.
If you would like to try the dock, download this file. Rename the original at ~/.config/icewm/preferences and replace it with the one you downloaded, then reboot.
If you find you liked the panel more, delete the ~/.config/icewm/preferences and rename the preferences file you renamed back to preferences, and reboot.