#lxqt

Old laptops - I currently have two old and underpowered laptops that I don't use day to day. I've just cleaned up another one for someone who wants to sell it and a friend has another one he's offering for free. I'd be happy to give mine away, but without installing SSDs, on them and maxing the RAM, where possible, they are only usable for light tasks running a light weight desktop, e.g. #LXQt or #XFCE etc. Laptops, especially cheap ones are all too often just landfill fodder...

"Tianve" - Dell Latitude e6540 Notebook

• Operating System: OpenBSD 8.0 amd64
• Desktop: LXQt 2.4.0
• Windowmanager: XFWM4
• Qt Version: 6.11.2
• Graphics Platform: X11/xenocara

[1] https://bsd-hardware.info/?computer=887d42919aeb

#runbsd #openbsd #fishlinux #unix #foss #lxqt #desktop #screenshot #shareyourdesktop

Secondary: "Tianve" - HP-250 G3 Kernel: 15.0-RELEASE-p10 Operating System: GhostBSD 26.1-R15.0p13 amd64 Desktop: LXQT 2.4.0 Windowmanager: XFWM4 Qt Version: 6.11.2 Graphics Platform: X11/xorg 7.7 https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=77494a1526 #runbsd #freebsd #ghostbsd #unix #foss #lxqt #desktop #screenshot

Reading a lot of Linux projects talking about LLMs now, focusing on if they work well enough or not. No talk about ethics, ideals or politics. If it continues down this path, FLOSS will end up like the Ed Sheeran of software. #software #foss #floss #libresoftware #linux #lxqt #desktopEnvironment #openSource #ethics #llm #techbros #tech

I am really liking LXQt - lex-cute - desktop. The defaults are just below desirable, but with just a bit of customizing LXQt is really good. So it is not as polished visually and features "out of the box" as Cinnamon desktop is, but it is much lighter on resources and is customizable in the ways that I'd like. Wish I'd tried it sooner... but maybe it really hadn't found its current form until recently. #Linux #LXQt

I installed LXQt desktop on my laptop, as I have been using it on a desktop for a while. Artix by default using the Openbox window manager with LXQt instead of the xfwm4 that Devuan bundles with LXQt. So some of the shortcut key configuration is slightly different. Eventually, I'll get around to pairing BSPWM with LXQt, as I think that'd be fun. For right now, I'm running cortile which maximizes the windows automatically with the default I have. For right now, I can say that LXQt is much lighter on resources than Cinnamon on the same machine. Cinnamon on Artix seemed to be much more of a resource hog than Cinnamon on Debian and Devuan based Linux systems. But with LXQt, it just sips instead of gulps. #Linux #Artix #LXQt

A few more tweaks to the LXQt desktop. Put the menu bar at the top of the screen. Removed the start menu (mainmenu) and Quick Launch. Put the Desktop Switcher on the right side of the bar. I am launching applications with lxqt-runner bound to a shortcut key, 'Super + Space' (so similar to default rofi or drun functionality, but the default built in tool for LXQt). The default keyboard shortcuts for positioning windows are pretty good but assume having the numpad, which I do since I am using this on a desktop with full size keyboard. I modified the keyboard shortcut for 'maximize window' to be 'Super + Begin(keypad)' s that the center of keypad does what I intuitively expect it to for window positioning. Right now I feel very comfy in LXQt. There's just enough for widgets and customization to feel that it is easy to use. Just enough ability to customize, without being overwhelmed with options. It is light and quick. #LXQt #Linux

I have installed the LXQT version of Vendefoul Wolf Linux on a ThinkCentre Tiny M700. My first couple attempts to install were unsuccessful... but I now think that is due to me trying to use the "disk encryption" checkbox in the installer. After just about a half hour of getting used to it and making a few adjustments to the keyboard shortcuts and settings, I am quite happy with LXQT. It is quick and light and has most of core features that Cinnamon desktop has. https://vendefoul-wolf-linux.sourceforge.io/index_en.html #linux #lxqt #devuan #VendefoulWolf

it seems that #LXQt is shaping up to be finally my default desktop in this Linux desktophopping 🤓

Thanks to Christian Meissl's fix in Smithay, the git version of niri correctly shows nested pop-up menus in lxqt-panel. They also submitted a fix for invalid pop-up spawning to ironbar, which makes it work on Smithay compositors. #niri #lxqt