LXQt 2.0.0 released

theshatterstone54, 2 months ago

So…

2.0 was a switch to QT6

and

2.1.0 brings us Wayland? Very exciting! Definitely will check it out (as a full session), as I always pick apps from either XFCE or LXQT for my tiling window manager set up. I’ve been using Thunar lately, though I’m open to switching back to pcmanfm if I want to.

matcha_addict, 2 months ago

How does it compare to XFCE

ani, 2 months ago

LXQt is the best desktop environment plus it’s so lightweight. LXQt is proof GNome is a bloated hot garbage.

Markydraws, 2 months ago

So many more features than gnome, while being one of if not the most lightweight DE

KISSmyOSFeddit, 2 months ago

Goddamn it, stop trying to lure me away from Debian again!

woelkchen, 2 months ago

stop trying to lure me away from Debian again!

Huh? wiki.debian.org/LXQt

KISSmyOSFeddit, 2 months ago

Not 2.0

woelkchen, 2 months ago

Not 2.0

So? Can’t be that long until it’s in Sid or at least an add-on repo.

boredsquirrel, 2 months ago

Have a look at this thread for Wayland support

OneRedFox, 2 months ago

I don’t use LXQt itself, but its software suite is nice if you want a Qt desktop with a tiling window manager. Looking forward to it landing in my distro. 👍

boredsquirrel, 2 months ago

Note that LXQt doensnt include a window manager, but runs independently on top of others like Sway, KWin, Hyprland, Wayfire (Wayland) or Openbox and others (XOrg)

timewarp, 2 months ago

I like some of LXQt tools, but at one point do you decide if you’re going to use Qt… why not just go all out and use KDE?

stepanzak, 2 months ago

It’s very lightweight

dinckelman, 2 months ago

Lower performance machines

eugenia, 2 months ago

Because it uses 250 MB of RAM on a well-optimized distro (e.g. installing it on DietPi), instead of 1.5 GB of RAM.

timewarp, 2 months ago

So does many of the GTK tools though… so, again… why use Qt at all if you want to save memory.

eugenia, 2 months ago

We’re talking about a whole desktop environment, not “gtk tools”. Both lxde and lxqt are lightweight, and have more utilities and prefs than the standard window managers, or the old stuff, like icewm.

Revan343, 2 months ago

If you like GTK use Xfce, if you like Qt use LxQt

HumanPerson, 2 months ago

Why use xfce if you want to use GTK… why not just go all out and use Gnome?

timewarp, 2 months ago

I use Hyrpland, and so there are times where I need to use GTK or Qt tools. I generally don’t like KDE-based tools though because they are dependency-heavy.