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.
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.
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.
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timewarp@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
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?
dinckelman@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
stepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyi · 12 pts · 2y
It's very lightweight
eugenia@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
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@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
So does many of the GTK tools though... so, again... why use Qt at all if you want to save memory.
Revan343@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 2y
If you like GTK use Xfce, if you like Qt use LxQt
eugenia@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
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@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
Why use xfce if you want to use GTK... why not just go all out and use Gnome?
timewarp@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
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.
KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Goddamn it, stop trying to lure me away from Debian again!
woelkchen@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Huh? https://wiki.debian.org/LXQt
KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Not 2.0
woelkchen@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
So? Can't be that long until it's in Sid or at least an add-on repo.
boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 2y
Have a look at this thread for Wayland support
matcha_addict@lemy.lol · 2 pts · 2y
How does it compare to XFCE
theshatterstone54@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 2y
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.
ani@endlesstalk.org · -2 pts · 2y
LXQt is the best desktop environment plus it's so lightweight. LXQt is proof GNome is a bloated hot garbage.
Markydraws@lemmy.kde.social · 1 pts · 2y
So many more features than gnome, while being one of if not the most lightweight DE