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'''LXQt''' is a [[free and open-source software|free and open source]] [[desktop environment]] for [[Linux]] with [[Lightweight software|low resource requirements]]. It was formed from the merger of the [[LXDE]] and [[Razor-qt]] projects. |
'''LXQt''' is a [[free and open-source software|free and open source]] [[desktop environment]] for [[Linux]] with [[Lightweight software|low resource requirements]] compared to other [[desktop environment |desktop environments]]. It was formed from the merger of the [[LXDE]] and [[Razor-qt]] projects. |
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[[Linux distribution]]s that offer a version with LXQt as default desktop include [[Lubuntu]], the [[Manjaro]] LXQt edition, [[Fedora (operating system)#Spins|LXQt spin of Fedora Linux]] and [[SparkyLinux|SparkyLinux LXQT Full Edition]], while other distributions like [[Debian]] and [[openSUSE]] offer it as an alternative desktop during installation.<ref>https://wiki.debian.org/LXQt</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.softpedia.com/news/lubuntu-19-04-released-with-latest-lxqt-desktop-and-latest-calamares-installer-525772.shtml|title=Lubuntu 19.04 Released with Latest LXQt Desktop and Calamares Installer|first=Marius|last=Nestor|website=softpedia|accessdate=30 April 2019}}</ref><ref>https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=LXQt</ref><ref>https://sparkylinux.org/wiki/doku.php/sparky_home</ref> |
[[Linux distribution]]s that offer a version with LXQt as default desktop include [[Lubuntu]], the [[Manjaro]] LXQt edition, [[Fedora (operating system)#Spins|LXQt spin of Fedora Linux]] and [[SparkyLinux|SparkyLinux LXQT Full Edition]], while other distributions like [[Debian]] and [[openSUSE]] offer it as an alternative desktop during installation.<ref>https://wiki.debian.org/LXQt</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.softpedia.com/news/lubuntu-19-04-released-with-latest-lxqt-desktop-and-latest-calamares-installer-525772.shtml|title=Lubuntu 19.04 Released with Latest LXQt Desktop and Calamares Installer|first=Marius|last=Nestor|website=softpedia|accessdate=30 April 2019}}</ref><ref>https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=LXQt</ref><ref>https://sparkylinux.org/wiki/doku.php/sparky_home</ref> |
Revision as of 00:14, 24 May 2020
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Original author(s) | Hong Jen Yee (“PCMan”) |
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Developer(s) | LXQt[1] |
Initial release | 2013 |
Stable release | 0.15.0
/ 24 April 2020[2] |
Repository | |
Written in | C, C++, Qt |
Operating system | Unix-like |
Available in | Multilingual |
Type | Desktop environment |
License | GPL, LGPL |
Website | lxqt |
LXQt is a free and open source desktop environment for Linux with low resource requirements compared to other desktop environments. It was formed from the merger of the LXDE and Razor-qt projects.
Linux distributions that offer a version with LXQt as default desktop include Lubuntu, the Manjaro LXQt edition, LXQt spin of Fedora Linux and SparkyLinux LXQT Full Edition, while other distributions like Debian and openSUSE offer it as an alternative desktop during installation.[3][4][5][6]
History
Dissatisfied with GTK 3,[7] LXDE maintainer Hong Jen Yee experimented with Qt in early 2013[8] and released the first version of a Qt-based PCMan File Manager on 26 March 2013.[7] He clarified, though, that this means no departure from GTK in LXDE, saying "The GTK and Qt versions will coexist". He later ported LXDE's Xrandr front-end to Qt.[9]
On 3 July 2013 Hong Jen Yee announced a Qt port of the full LXDE suite,[10] and on 21 July 2013, Razor-qt and LXDE announced that they decided to merge the two projects.[11][12] This merge meant that the GTK and the Qt versions coexisted in the short term but eventually development of the GTK version was dropped and all efforts were focused on the Qt port.[11] The merger of LXDE-Qt and Razor-qt was renamed LXQt,[13] and the first release, version 0.7.0, was made available on 7 May 2014.[14]
With the 0.13 release on 21 May 2018 the LXQt project formally split from LXDE with the move to a separate Github organization.[1]
Software components
LXQt consists of many modular components, some of them depending on Qt and KDE Frameworks 5.[15]
Name | Dependencies (besides Qt) | Comments |
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qterminal | Use the command line, composed for and now part of LXQt | |
Falkon | web browser | |
sddm | Simple Desktop Display Manager composed for LXQt and in QML | |
lximage-qt | Image viewer | |
lxmenu-data | files required for freedesktop.org desktop menus | |
lxqt-about | About dialog | |
lxqt-admin | system administration tool | |
lxqt-common | common files (graphics files, themes, desktop entry files ...) | |
lxqt-config | KScreen (RandR) | system settings center |
lxqt-globalkeys | daemon and library for global keyboard shortcuts registration | |
lxqt-notificationd | notification daemon | |
lxqt-openssh-askpass | openssh password prompt | |
lxqt-panel | Solid | desktop panel (taskbar) |
lxqt-policykit | Polkit authentication agent | |
lxqt-powermanagement | Solid | power management daemon |
lxqt-qtplugin | Qt platform integration plugin (all Qt-based programs can adopt settings of LXQt) | |
lxqt-runner | application launcher | |
lxqt-session | session manager | |
lxqt-sudo | GUI frontend for sudo/su | |
menu-cache | ||
obconf-qt | Openbox configuration tool written in Qt | |
compton-conf | GUI configuration tool for Compton X composite manager (metacity ⇒ xcompmgr ⇒ dcompmgr ⇒ Compton)[16] | |
pcmanfm-qt | file manager, Qt port of PCManFM | |
qt-gtk-engine | Theming GTK 3 programs with Qt styles |
Version history
LXQt releases | ||
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Version | Date | Key features |
[14] | 0.77 May 2014 | |
[17] | 0.813 Nov 2014 | bringing full Qt 5 compatibility |
[18] | 0.98 Feb 2015 | Featuring heavy internal cleanups and refactorings. Compatibility with Qt 4 was dropped, requiring Qt 5 & KDE Frameworks 5. Qt 5.3 is now the minimum required version.[19] |
[20] | 0.102 Nov 2015 | |
[21] | 0.1124 Sep 2016 | To address concerns that Qt-based apps have heavy memory usage, this release was compared against Xfce, revealing that, after a cold boot, LXQt's memory usage was of 112 MB, just a bit less than Xfce.[22] |
[23] | 0.1221 May 2017 | minimum Qt version 5.6.1[24] |
[1] | 0.1321 May 2018 | All packages are ready for Qt 5.11 |
[25] | 0.1425 Jan 2019 | |
[2] | 0.1524 Apr 2020 | |
Old version Latest version Future release |
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Release LXQt 0.13.0". LXQt. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Release LXQt 0.15.0". LXQt. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ https://wiki.debian.org/LXQt
- ^ Nestor, Marius. "Lubuntu 19.04 Released with Latest LXQt Desktop and Calamares Installer". softpedia. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=LXQt
- ^ https://sparkylinux.org/wiki/doku.php/sparky_home
- ^ a b "PCManFM Qt 0.1.0 released". LXDE Blog. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ "PCManFM file manager is ported to Qt?". LXDE Blog. 19 February 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ PCMan (1 May 2013). "LXDE xrandr GUI Frontent lxrandr is Ported to Qt in One Day". LXDE Development (Mailing list). Archived from the original on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
{{cite mailing list}}
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suggested) (help) - ^ "LXDE - LXDE-Qt Preview". Blog.lxde.org. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ a b "The Future of Razor and LXDE-Qt". Blog.lxde.org. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ^ Leclanche, Jerome (20 July 2013). "The Future of Razor and LXDE-Qt". LXDE (Mailing list). Retrieved 19 May 2014.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "The First Alpha Release of LXDE-Qt (or LXQt) is in Preparation". Blog.lxde.org. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ a b Leclanche, Jerome (7 May 2014). "LXQt 0.7.0 Released". LXDE (Mailing list). Retrieved 7 May 2014.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "lxqt/lxqt". GitHub.
- ^ "Compton in ArchLinux Wiki".
- ^ Leclanche, Jerome (13 February 2014). "LXQt 0.8.0 Released!". LXDE (Mailing list). Retrieved 13 February 2014.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Memory Usage of LXQt 0.9". LXQt. 12 November 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ Leclanche, Jerome (8 February 2015). "LXQt 0.9.0 Released!". LXDE (Mailing list). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Release LXQt 0.10". LXQt. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ "Release LXQt 0.11". LXQt. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ "Benchmark: Memory Usage: LXQt desktop environment vs XFCE – LXDE Blog". LXQt. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "Release LXQt 0.12". LXQt. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ "Release libqtxdg 3.0.0 - LXQt". lxqt.org.
- ^ "Release LXQt 0.14.0". LXQt. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
External links
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- Official website
- LXQt Roadmap (last update on Jun 16, 2016 for version 0.11)