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Razor-qt
Desktop environment for the X Window System

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."

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

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Overview

Razor-qt was still in the early stages of development.3 As of February 2012[update], 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.4

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.5

Merge with LXDE

Main article: LXQt

After LXDE developer Hong Jen Yee ported PCManFM to Qt in early 2013,67 he and other interested developers discussed a potential collaboration with Razor-qt, another open-source desktop environment with similar software design goals.8 The first release of the new product, LXQt v0.7.0,9 was made public on 2014-05-07.10

See also

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References

  1. "Five reasons to try the new Razor-qt Linux desktop". PCWorld. Retrieved 16 September 2018. https://www.pcworld.com/article/2012183/five-reasons-to-try-the-new-razor-qt-linux-desktop.html ↩

  2. Watson, J.A. "Want to bring that old netbook back to life? Hands-on with Manjaro LXQt and LXLE". ZDNet. Retrieved 16 September 2018. https://www.zdnet.com/article/want-to-bring-that-old-netbook-back-to-life-hands-on-with-manjaro-lxqt-and-lxle/ ↩

  3. Reed, Michael (30 January 2012), "Razor-qt 0.4 – Qt based Desktop Environment", Linux Journal, retrieved 13 February 2012 http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/razor-qt-04-qt-based-desktop-environment ↩

  4. Noyes, Katherine (27 December 2011), Razor-qt: A New Linux Desktop Alternative, PC World, archived from the original on 18 December 2021, retrieved 13 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20211218184931/https://www.pcworld.com/article/246840/razorqt_a_new_linux_desktop_alternative.html ↩

  5. Alin Andrei (19 December 2011), Razor-Qt: A New Lightweight Desktop Environment Based on Qt, Web Upd8, retrieved 21 August 2012 http://www.webupd8.org/2011/12/razor-qt-new-lightweight-desktop.html ↩

  6. PCMan (19 February 2013). "PCManFM file manager is ported to Qt? | LXDE Blog". Blog.lxde.org. Retrieved 17 March 2014. http://blog.lxde.org/?p=966 ↩

  7. PCMan (26 March 2013). "PCManFM Qt 0.1.0 released | LXDE Blog". Blog.lxde.org. Retrieved 17 March 2014. http://blog.lxde.org/?p=990 ↩

  8. "Google Discussiegroepen". Retrieved 17 March 2014. https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/razor-qt/aRfqM_W_ODQ ↩

  9. "The First Alpha Release of LXDE-Qt (or LXQt) is in Preparation". Blog.lxde.org. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014. http://blog.lxde.org/?p=1100 ↩

  10. "LXQt 0.7.0 released". Blog.lxde.org. 7 May 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140512061643/http://blog.lxde.org/?p=1107 ↩