Episode 4:16: Super PCMan Linux User Space

Coming up in this episode



Themes Are More Global Than You Think
Kdenlive Does Some Layering
The History of LXDE
To Qt, or not to Qt?
Then, we call an audible


0:00 Cold Open
2:17 Theme of the Crop
16:22 The Lost Edit
28:11 The History of LXDE
55:51 How'd LXQt and LXDE Go?
1:24:28 Next Time
1:31:13 Stinger


The Video Version
https://youtu.be/Y8_rMTmnIXc


🔥Warm Up🔥 - AI on the Linux Desktop

KDE's Attack Surface?


Hackaday coverage
The Reddit Post


Kdenlive gave Leo a hard time


24.02.0 was hot off the press and Leo couldn't resist.
Thankfully 24.02.1 followed to hopefully resolve the issues.


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The History of LXDE (and some LXQt)


The LXDE mailing list goes back to 2008
Ubuntu Lite
later known as U-lite commited to using LXDE.
DesktopLinux.com coverage
Elemental Linux, MoonOS and WattOS followed with a commitment
A PCManFM review from 2008
The blog appears
December 2008 status update
Sidux adds an unofficial LXDE flavor
Mandriva adds LXDE
Fedora too
LXDE Translation project
PCMan asks the community for feedback
FOSDEM 2009
Lubuntu enters the chat
LXDE on android phones
LXDE on Solaris
LXDE in Centos
PCLXDE
First Lubuntu test ISO
Fedora success
OpenSUSE status update
Refactor time
Rewrite, and make it faster
Movable desktop icons
LXDE becomes an available Debian desktop
A Qt port begins
Diverse paths
PCMan develops a "Guide for Migrating from Gtk+ to Qt"
LXDE-QT preview
Razor-Qt
PCMan had this to say about Razor-Qt
A merger of LXDE-Qt and Razor-Qt
LXDE-Qt is not bloated
PCManFM-Qt was in a usable state
LXQt alpha is announced
shortly after it was announced.
Initial FreeBSD support for LXQt
Comparing Numbers
LXQt got “full” Qt5 support
LXQt 0.8 released
LXDE is still going
We say goodbye to Razor-qt
The 0.9 release was caught on snags but eventually released
LXQt 0.10 followed
LXQt 0.11 released
More stats
LXQt 0.12.0
LXQt 0.13.0
The end for GTK 2
Debian, at the time, set the death date
GTK 3 would end up being the target for LXDE
LXQt 0.17
LXQt 1.0.0 was released!
LXDE diehards are still keeping things alive for LXDE
LXQt 2.0 is planned to release in the usual April slot
Speaking of Wayland
Quick LXQt History


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