Window Maker Live

Window Maker Live 13.3 based on Debian/Trixie is now available!

A new wmlive version based on Debian/Trixie stable point release 13.3 is now available for download for all three architectures i386, amd64, and arm64.

What is Window Maker Live?

Window Maker Live is an installable Linux Live ISO based on the current Trixie branch of Debian. The system uses the Window Maker window manager as its default graphical user interface. Window Maker Live's components have been carefully preconfigured and the desktop environment has a consistent visual appearance. Window Maker Live integrates selected components from other desktop environments such as XFCE4, MATE, LXQT, with a particular focus on GNUstep. It can also be considered as an alternative installation medium for Debian and is fully compatible with the official Debian/Trixie repositories for security updates and bug fixes.

Video of a short wmlive session with Japanese locale settings. Also shows how to directly start the installation process right from desktop without extra reboot.

日本語ロケール設定での短いライブセッションの動画。追加の再起動なしでデスクトップから直接インストールプロセスを開始する方法も示しています。

Ready-made Window Maker Live CD ISO images for download

You can find the most recent ISO image releases for download at sourceforge.net/projects/wmlive/files/wmlive-trixie-13.3/.
These ISO images currently support 17 European languages most used worldwide, and also Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

As these ISO images are basically standard Live Debian installation media, they work just fine for installation to hard disk, and can therefore be used to bootstrap a new system.

The current wmlive-trixie-13.3-src.tar.xz archive contains the necessary material to build the Window Maker Live ISO images with the Debian Live Build system on your own.

The package assortment used is largely based on the current stable ("trixie") branch of the Debian archive, with only a few selected packages recompiled by ourselves.

Download current Window Maker Live version 13.3 based on Debian/Trixie now!

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