LXQt is the Qt port and the upcoming
version of LXDE, the Lightweight Desktop Environment with two beautiful
new themes and a lot of new features. It is the product of the merge
between the LXDE-Qt and the Razor-qt projects. A lightweight,
fast-performing and user-friendly desktop environment.
LXQt 0.8.0 Changes (According to the release note)
*. 2 New themes Plasma Next & Dark Alpha
*. Now lxqt-panel is Support reordering of taskbar buttons And urgency hint
*. Improved compatibility with systemd/logind of lxqt-powermanagement
*. improved support for multiple displays
*. pcmanfm-qt is Support for single-click to activate items & drag & drop on the desktop
*. LXQt 0.8.0 is comes with Performances improvements & many bug fixes
How To Install LXQt in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS And 14.10 From PPA
For installing LXQt from Personal Package Archive (PPA)you first need to add a PPA to your system using terminal, just follow bellow steps to add PPA and installing LXQt. Find And open terminal option from your desktop OR directly Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal and run below commands one by one to add the PPA (Personal Package Archive) and install LXQt on your ubuntu pc:-
1) sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lubuntu-dev/lubuntu-daily
2) sudo apt-get update
3) sudo apt-get upgrade
4) sudo apt-get install lxqt-metapackage lxqt-session lxsession
After it's successfully installed, Restart your PC and in the Unity Greeter select log in with LXQt session and now your pc will start with latest LXQt 0.8.0 desktop environment.
If you have any problem or you don't like the new look of LXQt Desktop environment and want to remove LXQt then follow below step. Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal and run below command.
sudo apt-get remove lxqt-metapackage lxqt-session lxsession && sudo apt-get autoremove
LXQt 0.8.0 Changes (According to the release note)
*. 2 New themes Plasma Next & Dark Alpha
*. Now lxqt-panel is Support reordering of taskbar buttons And urgency hint
*. Improved compatibility with systemd/logind of lxqt-powermanagement
*. improved support for multiple displays
*. pcmanfm-qt is Support for single-click to activate items & drag & drop on the desktop
*. LXQt 0.8.0 is comes with Performances improvements & many bug fixes
How To Install LXQt in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS And 14.10 From PPA
For installing LXQt from Personal Package Archive (PPA)you first need to add a PPA to your system using terminal, just follow bellow steps to add PPA and installing LXQt. Find And open terminal option from your desktop OR directly Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal and run below commands one by one to add the PPA (Personal Package Archive) and install LXQt on your ubuntu pc:-
1) sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lubuntu-dev/lubuntu-daily
2) sudo apt-get update
3) sudo apt-get upgrade
4) sudo apt-get install lxqt-metapackage lxqt-session lxsession
After it's successfully installed, Restart your PC and in the Unity Greeter select log in with LXQt session and now your pc will start with latest LXQt 0.8.0 desktop environment.
If you have any problem or you don't like the new look of LXQt Desktop environment and want to remove LXQt then follow below step. Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal and run below command.
sudo apt-get remove lxqt-metapackage lxqt-session lxsession && sudo apt-get autoremove
