The LXQt team announces the release of LXQt 2.0.0, the Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment.
libqtxdg-3.12.0
, lxqt-qtplugin-1.4.1
and libfm-qt-1.4.0
can be installed alongside their Qt6-based versions in LXQt 2.0.0.NOTE for Distros: For having Qt5 styling and Qt5 file dialog with LXQt 2.0.0, the installable packages of Qt5-based lxqt-build-tools
, libqtxdg
, lxqt-qtplugin
and libfm-qt
may need to be renamed, such that they can be installed in parallel with their Qt6 versions. Also, the point release of the Qt5-based lxqt-qtplugin-1.4.1
is needed for a correct Qt5 font setting (see its release note).
layer-shell-qt6
. Now, PCManFM-Qt can give you a real desktop not only with desktop-agnostic X11 windows managers, but also with Wayland compositors which implement "layer shell protocol", like those based on wlroots
or KWin. Also, see Using Desktop under Wayland in Wiki.Please see the release page of each LXQt component for its release note.
The LXQt team announces the release of LXQt 1.4.0, the Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment.
lxqt-menu-data
is released to replace lxmenu-data
anywhere needed.DBusActivatable
to true
in their desktop entries.NOTE: There are no new releases of lxqt-build-tools
and lxqt-themes
because they haven't changed since their last releases. Of course, the former is essential to building LXQt 1.4.0.
lxqt-menu-data
instead of lxmenu-data
.--wallpaper-mode
command-line option.lxqt-menu-data
instead of lxmenu-data
.DBusActivatable
to true
in their desktop entries.Please see the release page of each LXQt component for its release note.
Published by tsujan over 1 year ago
The LXQt team announces the release of LXQt 1.3.0, the Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment.
doas
has been added to lxqt-sudo
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anymore).Please see the release page of each LXQt component for its release note.
Published by tsujan almost 2 years ago
The LXQt team announces the release of LXQt 1.2.0, the Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment.
-e
option.Ctrl+D
is added to PCManFM-Qt as well as LXQt file dialog for deselecting all items. It is especially useful in the detailed list mode.-e
option is fixed.The stable state of battery (neither charging nor discharging) is considered.
Preliminary changes have been made for use under Wayland.
desktop-directories
folders are fixed.Please see the release page of each LXQt component for its release note.
Published by tsujan over 2 years ago
The LXQt team announces the release of LXQt 1.1.0, the Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment.
xdg-desktop-portal-lxqt
is added to LXQt, as a backend implementation for xdg-desktop-portal
. When it is installed, some non-Qt apps like Firefox can be set up to use LXQt file dialog.org.freedesktop.FileManager1
is implemented, to be used by apps like Firefox and Chromium for calling PCManFM-Qt.search:///
.Three tray icons are added, with the charge percentage inside them. Now, the built-in tray icon can be circular or shaped like a battery.
The configuration GUI is polished.
String literals are supported in Exec keys of desktop entries.
Please see the release page of each LXQt component for its release note.
Published by tsujan almost 3 years ago
The LXQt team is proud to announce the release of LXQt 1.0.0, the Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment.
computer:///
.GFileMonitor
regarding file monitoring inside folder symlinks.The do-not-disturb mode is added.
Idleness checks can be paused from the tray icon for 30 minutes to 4 hours.
Filtering is added for finding shortcuts easily.
Password prompt is shown for archives with encrypted lists.
Please see the release page of each LXQt component for its release note.
Published by tsujan over 3 years ago
The LXQt team announces the release of LXQt 0.17.0, the Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment.
docs/configuration.md
for more details.
The notification summary is always handled as plain-text.
Fixed a crash on showing Qps' window if Qps is started minimized to tray.
Please see the release page of each LXQt component for its release note.
Published by tsujan almost 4 years ago
The LXQt team announces the release of LXQt 0.16.0, the Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment.
Translation through Weblate is up and running again.
A Power keys section is added to the config dialog for customizing the actions of power, suspend and hibernation keys.
Now, bsdtar
(belonging to libarchive
) is used to open and extract RPM packages correctly.
An option is added for showing notifications on the screen with the mouse pointer.
Random crashes are fixed when connecting to Bluetooth audio devices.
Three themes are added: Clearlooks, Leech and Kvantum.
The Default Applications page is removed because default applications are now handled by the File Associations dialog more efficiently.
Please see the release page of each LXQt component for its detailed release note.
Published by tsujan over 4 years ago
The LXQt team announces the release of LXQt 0.15.0, the Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment.
This is a new addition to LXQt: a fully functioning archive manager based on LibFM-Qt and used by PCManFM-Qt by default.
Drag and drop of screens is improved and made easier in Monitor Settings.
An option is added for changing the display backlight when the computer is idle.
SVG icons are made sharp with scale factors > 1, especially with non-integer factors.
Please see the release page of each LXQt component for its detailed release note.
Published by jleclanche almost 9 years ago
This release, we focused on cleanup, polishing and quality-of-life improvements, with over 400 issues fixed and dozens of new translations. We have also gained two new frameworks: Solid, which replaces liblxqt-mount and some custom power management code and libkscreen, which replaces system xrandr calls and is wayland forward-compatible.
Release highlights:
lxsu
or lxsudo
). Escalate privilege directly from LXQt.