Razor-qt explained

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Developer:The Razor-qt Team, contributors
Released:2010[1] [2]
Discontinued:yes
Programming Language:C++, Qt
Operating System:Unix-like
Language:Multilingual
Genre:Desktop environment
License:GPL v2
Website:none

Razor-qt is a discontinued free and open-source desktop environment. It was intended as a lightweight desktop environment based upon the Qt application framework, and was "tailored for users who value simplicity, speed, and an intuitive interface."[3]

Development of Razor-qt has ceased, as it has merged with LXDE's Qt port to form LXQt.[4]

Overview

Razor-qt was still in the early stages of development., the environment included a panel viewer and switcher, a desktop, an application launcher, a settings center and sessions. These components could be enabled or disabled by the user.

Razor-qt could be used with any modern X window manager such as Openbox, fvwm2, or KWin.

The memory consumption of Razor-qt was slightly above LXDE, using 114 MiB in a reviewer's test while LXDE used 108 MiB.

Merge with LXDE

See main article: LXQt. After LXDE developer Hong Jen Yee ported PCManFM to Qt in early 2013,[5] [6] he and other interested developers discussed a potential collaboration with Razor-qt, another open-source desktop environment with similar software design goals.[7] The first release of the new product, LXQt v0.7.0,[8] was made public on 2014-05-07.[9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: razor-qt / Code / Commit [r1] |publisher=Sourceforge.net |date=2010-09-05 |access-date=2014-03-17].
  2. Web site: razor-qt – Browse Files at . Sourceforge.net . 2014-03-17.
  3. News: Five reasons to try the new Razor-qt Linux desktop. PCWorld. 2018-09-16.
  4. News: Want to bring that old netbook back to life? Hands-on with Manjaro LXQt and LXLE . Watson. J.A.. ZDNet. 2018-09-16.
  5. Web site: PCMan . PCManFM file manager is ported to Qt? | LXDE Blog . Blog.lxde.org . 2013-02-19 . 2014-03-17.
  6. Web site: PCMan . PCManFM Qt 0.1.0 released | LXDE Blog . Blog.lxde.org . 2013-03-26 . 2014-03-17.
  7. Web site: Google Discussiegroepen . 2014-03-17.
  8. Web site: The First Alpha Release of LXDE-Qt (or LXQt) is in Preparation . Blog.lxde.org . 2014-04-27 . 2014-05-07.
  9. Web site: LXQt 0.7.0 released . Blog.lxde.org . 2014-05-07 . 2014-05-07 . 12 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140512061643/http://blog.lxde.org/?p=1107 . dead .

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