LXQt arrived in siduction

[devil]

get it while it's hot:

http://news.siduction.org/2014/05/release-notes-for-siduction-lxqt-dev-release/


have fun
devil

[dibl]

Will it be possible to "cross-grade" an existing LXDE installation?

[piper]

Will it be possible to "cross-grade" an existing LXDE installation?

If it were me, I would start from scratch, but, that is only me. I think it would be wise.

[dibl]

Maybe I will.  I have a netbook Desperado LXDE that is working perfectly.  I kinda hate to mess with it, but I know LXDE is history, so I guess I will have to make a plan for it. 

[bluelupo]

You have really done a good job. The installation of LxQt works without any problem, the first test of the LxQt desktop into a virtual machine (KVM) was successful. All in all a very positive impression of the newly created desktop interface.

[devil]

To have a first look, you might look at the pictures in the review I have linked to by switching to reviews on top of the page. Review itself is in DE


greetz
devil

[dibl]

This may or not qualify as a bug, depending on how bad you want to support aging hardware, but I'll share it for your information.  On this motherboard from 2006 timeframe:

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System:    Host: suzdesk Kernel: 3.14-3.towo-siduction-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 4.8.2)
           Desktop: KDE 4.12.4 (Qt 4.8.6) Distro: siduction 12.2.0 Riders on the Storm - kde - (201212092131)
Machine:   Mobo: Intel model: D975XBX2 v: AAD53350-509
           Bios: Intel v: BX97520J.86A.2813.2008.0114.2256 date: 01/14/2008
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 CPU X6800 (-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 13873
           Clock Speeds: 1: 2926 MHz 2: 2926 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GT200 [GeForce GTX 260] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.15.1 driver: nvidia Resolution: 1920x1080@60.0hz
           GLX Renderer: GeForce GTX 260/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 331.67 Direct Rendering: Yes
Network:   Card: Intel 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: e1000e v: 2.3.2-k port: 1000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:1c:c0:1f:54:35
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 300.1GB (67.1% used) ID-1: model: WDC_WD3000HLFS
Info:      Processes: 188 Uptime: 3 min Memory: 847.3/3957.6MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.8.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.111) inxi: 2.1.25


The boot begins with great hardware detection, all the way past the keyboard, and next

2.39xxxxxx Switched to clocksource tsc

about 8 blank lines

Failed to detect live media
modprobe: module ehci-orion was not found in modules.dep
31.93xxxxx ohci-hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver

BusyBox v1.22.1 ............................


It booted right up on a Dell E6500 and looks great.  I need to wait for a 32-bit release to set it up on my Toshiba netbook.

Thanks guys -- nice job!

[krisbee]

Installed in VirtualBox.  Prelim testing shows no obvious problems.  I've not needed to install anything from  2013.2 release, so was a bit suprised to see the latest installer requires a minimum of swap,  /root and /home.  I wonder if there's any way to still  install in swap and  / only?

Back to LXQT.  It's a very promising distro, hopefully we will see a little more unification in the settings in the future.

My LXQT desktop:



Thanks to the devs.

[melmarker]

the installer don't require minimum values - type in 0B

[GoinEasy9]

Looking at the wallpaper, I was thinking, shouldn't it be titled "Drink it Black"?

[melmarker]

look at the moleculare structucture - coffeine pure, without milk and sugar - just black

[joji]

get it while it's hot:

http://news.siduction.org/2014/05/release-notes-for-siduction-lxqt-dev-release/


have fun
devil

Just to say : congratulations. You are the first, I guess...


Have been working / playing with this lxqt-dev-release since it came out. It was fun! Did a poor man's install on a stick. No serious problems till now. Am aware this is a 'Development Release' but looks to me rather as a release candidate.


Thank you.

[dibl]

This morning I was playing with LXQt on a VM:


-- added a startup script to ~/.config/autostart
-- added a launcher to plank
-- deleted a launcher from plank
-- installed some software including my favorite browser
-- fiddled around with multimedia items, tested videos and sound
-- used pcmanfm to browse my network and ssh into other machines


It all seems to work well.


Question:  What developmental issues should a user be aware of, prior to installing on a laptop that needs to be as stable as other DEs?

[melmarker]

nobody really know - but https://github.com/lxde/lxde-qt/issues can give some hints.

from my point of view LXQt is usable - but it can be that there are some bugs, that no one have seen before, because its new.

[dibl]

Thank you.  Another question (not answered by that git forum or Google): can I map an Alt-F2 keypress to launch the runner?  I fumbled around for awhile trying to add it in the Global Actions Manager.  The closest I got was this, but there is no /usr/share/lxqt/lxqt-runner/ directory on this system, so that was a dead end.


Thanks again.