Americans, Europeans, or anyone else, why can't you create a beautiful desktop interface like the Chinese at Deepin Linux?
#linux #gnulinux #deepinlinux #deepin25 #gnome #kde #xfce #lxqt @lxde #ubuntu #fedora #linuxmint #archlinux
- #LXQT: Very small UI elements, that seemingly cannot be tuned in any way to give me some meat to grab hold of with a stylus or finger.
Doing a bit of an explore of the desktop environments on the Toughpad to see what's out there that's touch friendly. This is on Debian 12. I'll probably re-visit this when I move to Debian 13 in a few months time.
- #Gnome : tried both #X11 and #Wayland versions, Classic and the present UI… quite inflexible and the UI elements are practically invisible for driving with a stylus. On-screen keyboard is next to useless as it puts digits and symbols on separate pages and does not implement function keys or modifiers.
- #MATE : Seems to have limited screen scaling options and appearance customisation making stylus/touch operation tricky… but at least Onboard keyboard works.
- #Cinnamon : has the best built-in on-screen keyboard seen so far, but summoning it is not obvious and the layout is still sub-optimal for passwords (but ESC, function keys and modifiers are there!). You lose ⅓ of the screen to the keyboard, even if you're not using it.
- #XFCE seems to work pretty well, I was able to bump the size of the panel up a bit, it uses Onboard for the on-screen keyboard, seems to be the best so far.
Just waiting on #LXQT to install… we'll see how that is.
Il mio compromesso tra semplicità d’uso e leggerezza:
Archlinux su un netbook del 2010, ancora perfettamente operativo.
Software installato:
Arch Linux (x64) – con kernel LTS
Bootloader: Limine
Display Manager: Ly
Desktop Environment: LXQt + Openbox
File Manager: PCManFM
Suite per l’ufficio: Calligra
Multimedia: VLC
Web Browser: Falkon + SearXNG
Netbook ideale per scrittura, navigazione leggera, gestione di file/documenti e anche retro gaming.
#AlpineLinux 3.22 Released with Support for #GNOME 48, #KDE Plasma 6.3, and #LXQt 2.2 Desktops, systemd-efistub, and More https://9to5linux.com/alpine-linux-3-22-released-with-gnome-48-kde-plasma-6-3-and-lxqt-2-2
Pushed some poppler rebuilds to #kde6, updated qterminal for #lxqt and #nwgshell nwg-look-1.0.5. #slackaroni #slackware https://slackware.lngn.net/pub/x86_64/slackware64-current/ChangeLog.txt
Anyone know what the popup hover over yellow postit thing in #PCManfm file manager is called ?
And for a bonus point - how can it be disabled ?
switching to lxqt (again) !:
yeah, so I've been getting bored of xfce for quite a while now and I wanted to try lxqt since it seems like a pretty cool de overall and I've never really used a qt based desktop for a long period of time.
the last time i did this i switched back to xfce because of a few minor inconveniences without even trying to look for solution so I'm gonna use lxqt only for at least 30 days.
prob gonna use lubuntu since it's (imo) one of the only good lxqt distros out there even though it is one of the official ubuntu spins with snaps
#Linux Weekly Roundup for April 20th, 2025: #Fedora Linux 42, #Ubuntu 25.04, #LXQt 2.2, #KDE Gear 25.04, #NVIDIA 575 beta, #Manjaro 25.0, #GNOME 48.1, #VirtualBox 7.1.8, Linux 6.13 EOL, #PipeWire 1.4.2, MX Linux 23.6, #PeaZip 10.4, #qBittorrent 5.0.5, and much more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-april-20th-2025
(more Linux news in original post)
KDE Gear 25.04 released with improved Orca screen reader integration for Dolphin, support for navigating files with the arrow keys and selecting them using Enter, support for PGP/GPG-based signatures in Okular, additional token import options for Keysmith TOTP app, OpenTimelineIO import/export support and revamped audio waveform editor for Kdenlive, “Copy Link Address” context menu item and support for sorting rooms in the sidebar based on their most recent activity in NeoChat, option to save drafts of toots and schedule them to be sent later in Tokodon, websocket blocking for Falkon browser, and a lot more:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-25-04-applications-suite-officially-released-heres-whats-new
LXQt 2.2 released with ability to set the default Wayland compositor and the screen locker by distribution or system-wide, improved support for multi-monitor setups by handling screens by names rather than numbers, other Wayland improvements, updates to PCManFM-Qt and QTerminal:
https://9to5linux.com/lxqt-2-2-desktop-environment-released-with-many-wayland-improvements
PipeWire 1.4.2 released with extra checks for MIDI to avoid 100% CPU usage on older kernels, support for using header metadata by default in the videoadapter plugin, improved pw-cat verbose sndfile format debug, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-4-2-adds-extra-midi-checks-to-avoid-100-cpu-usage-on-older-kernels
(FOSS news in comment)
LXQt 2.2.0 released with enhanced Wayland support, power profiles in LXQt Power Management, PCManFM-Qt improvements, QTerminal text rendering fixes
https://lxqt-project.org/release/2025/04/17/release-lxqt-2-2-0/
#LXQt 2.2 Released with Enhanced Wayland Support
https://linuxiac.com/lxqt-2-2-released-with-enhanced-wayland-support/
I pushed #lxqt 2.2.0 for #crux to my repo for 3.7 & the upcoming 3.8 systems. https://github.com/mac-a-r0ni/lxqt
Ok, I still haven’t grasped the proper formatting for ChangeLog.txt being parsed through the gen_repo_files but I’m getting somewhere with it. #kde6 gear 25.04.0 is up, there’s 3 new deps (like unstable had), and #lxqt 2.2.0 is up as well on Intel. https://slackware.lngn.net/#news
As far as I know, Lubuntu is the only LXQt distro with a real community. That and the system's overall high quality makes this the best LXQt spin out there.
I tested the daily builds a couple of times, and I'm eager to try this new release.