LXQt

LXQt

LXQt 0.10 Screenshot
Developer(s) The LXQt Team
Initial release 2013 (2013)
Stable release
0.11 / 24 September 2016 (2016-09-24)[1]
Repository github.com/lxde/lxqt
Development status Active
Written in C, C++
Operating system Unix-like
Available in Multilingual
Type Desktop environment
License GNU GPL, GNU LGPL
Website lxqt.org

LXQt is a bundle of software packages under development, with the aim of providing a complete desktop environment. It was formed from the merger of the LXDE and Razor-qt projects.

History

Dissatisfied with GTK+ 3,[2] Hong Jen Yee experimented with Qt in early 2013[3] and released the first version of a Qt-based PCManFM on 26 March 2013.[2] 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.[4]

On 3 July 2013 Hong Jen Yee announced a Qt port of the full LXDE suite.[5] And on 21 July 2013, Razor-qt and LXDE announced that they decided to merge the two projects.[6][7] This merge means that the Gtk+ and the Qt versions will coexist at first but that, eventually, the GTK version will be dropped and all efforts will be focused on the Qt port.[6] The merger of LXDE-Qt and Razor-qt was renamed LXQt,[8] and the first release, version 0.7.0, was made available on 7 May 2014.[9] Version 0.8.0, bringing with it full Qt 5 compatibility, was made available on 13 October 2014.[10]

LXQt version 0.9 was released in February 2015, featuring heavy internal cleanups and refactorings. All compatibility with Qt 4 was dropped, requiring Qt 5 & KDE Frameworks 5. Qt 5.3 is now the minimum required version.[11]

LXQt version 0.10 was released in November 2015.[12]

LXQt version 0.11 was released on 24 September 2016.[1]

Software components

LXQt consists of many modular components, some of them depending on Qt and KDE Frameworks 5.[13]

Name Dependencies (besides Qt) Comments
lximage-qt Image viewer of LXQt
lxmenu-data
lxqt-about About dialog of LXQt
lxqt-admin
lxqt-common
lxqt-config KScreen (RandR) LXQt system settings center
lxqt-globalkeys KGlobalAccel
lxqt-notificationd LXQt notification daemon
lxqt-openssh-askpass
lxqt-panel Solid
lxqt-policykit LXQt Polkit authentication agent
lxqt-powermanagement Solid
lxqt-qtplugin
lxqt-runner The LXQt application runner
lxqt-session The LXQt session manager
lxqt-sudo
menu-cache
obconf-qt Openbox configuration tool written in Qt
compton-conf GUI configuration tool for Compton X composite manager (metacity ⇒ xcompmgr ⇒ dcompmgr ⇒ Compton)[14]
pcmanfm-qt
qt-gtk-engine Theming GTK+ 3 programs with Qt styles

Roadmap

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Release LXQt 0.11". LXQt. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 "PCManFM Qt 0.1.0 released". LXDE Blog. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "PCManFM file manager is ported to Qt?". LXDE Blog. 19 February 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  4. ↑ PCMan (1 May 2013). "LXDE xrandr GUI Frontent lxrandr is Ported to Qt in One Day". LXDE Development (Mailing list). Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "LXDE - LXDE-Qt Preview". Blog.lxde.org. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  6. 1 2 "The Future of Razor and LXDE-Qt". Blog.lxde.org. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  7. ↑ Leclanche, Jerome (20 July 2013). "The Future of Razor and LXDE-Qt". LXDE (Mailing list). Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "The First Alpha Release of LXDE-Qt (or LXQt) is in Preparation". Blog.lxde.org. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  9. ↑ Leclanche, Jerome (7 May 2014). "LXQt 0.7.0 Released". LXDE (Mailing list). Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  10. ↑ Leclanche, Jerome (13 October 2014). "LXQt 0.8.0 Released!". LXDE (Mailing list). Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  11. ↑ Leclanche, Jerome (8 February 2015). "LXQt 0.9.0 Released!". LXDE (Mailing list). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  12. ↑ "Release LXQt 0.10". LXQt. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  13. ↑ https://github.com/lxde/lxqt/wiki/KF5-usage-in-LXQt
  14. ↑ "Compton in ArchLinux Wiki".
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