After finding a lot of posts from over a decade ago, I figured it wouldn't hurt to write out some notes on getting a minimally functional JWM environment going on Debian Bookworm.

My particular requirements for going with JWM are:

• Need something lightweight to run on ram limited hardware.


• Need somthing especially lightweight as Hardware is further limited by the fact it's also running Proxmox, Ceph and Debian VMs


• Need at least one node with a local UI for managing the cluster


• My spouse would be most displeased if I can't direct her how to bring the internet back if I'm out of town.

Step 1 : Have a working Debian Bookworm Box with the bare minimum installed (base system + ssh server is fine)
Step 1A : Install some useful utilities like htop and screen
Step 2 : install xinit and jwm

apt-get install xinit jwm

Step 3 : Launch X and enjoy minimal graphical-ness

startx

That's cool but ...
( Making things useful... )
A shout out to Joe Wingbermuehle for continuing to make one of the lightest weight Window Managers for Linux.