was "Vanilla Xmonad distribution" virtualbox on windows 10 created a vmachine with 600 MB RAM and 6 GB disk mounted lubuntu 15.10 32-bit iso installed, eject iso, restart, login, terminal # apt-get install xmonad $ mkdir ~/.xmonad $ cat > ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs import XMonad import XMonad.Config.Desktop main = xmonad $ desktopConfig { modMask = mod4Mask , terminal = "lxterminal" } $ echo "exec lxpanel &" > ~/.xmonad/xmonad-session-rc logout, select XMonad (top right), login