Razor-qt

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Razor-qt

Razor-qt 0.4.1 running on Linux Mint 12
Developer(s) The Razor-qt Team, contributors
Initial release 2010[1][2]
Stable release 0.5.2 / January 12, 2013 (2013-01-12)
Development status Active
Written in C++, Qt
Operating system Unix-like
Available in Multilingual
Type Desktop environment
License GPL v2
Website razor-qt.org

Razor-qt is a free software desktop environment for the X Window System.

The developers describe Razor-qt as “an advanced, easy-to-use, and fast desktop environment based on Qt technologies. It has been tailored for users who value simplicity, speed, and an intuitive interface. Unlike most desktop environments, Razor-qt also works fine with weak machines.”[3]

Razor-qt is still in the early stages of development.[4] As of February 2012, the environment includes a panel viewer and switcher, a desktop, an application launcher, a settings center, and sessions. These components can be enabled or disabled by the user.[5]

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

The memory consumption of Razor-qt is slightly above the one of LXDE using 114 MB in a reviewer's test while LXDE used 108 MB in a user test.[6]

After LXDE developer Hong Jen Yee ported PCManFM to Qt in early 2013,[7][8] discussions about collaboration between LXDE and Razor-qt took place.[9] On 21 July 2013, Razor-qt announced that they are merging with LXDE-Qt.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://sourceforge.net/p/razor-qt/code/1/
  2. ↑ http://sourceforge.net/projects/razor-qt/files/
  3. ↑ http://razor-qt.org/
  4. ↑ Reed, Michael (2012-01-30), "Razor-qt 0.4 – Qt based Desktop Environment", Linux Journal, retrieved February 13, 2012 
  5. ↑ Noyes, Katherine (2011-12-27), Razor-qt: A New Linux Desktop Alternative, PC World, retrieved February 13, 2012 
  6. ↑ Alin Andrei (2011-12-19), Razor-Qt: A New Lightweight Desktop Environment Based On Qt, Web Upd8, retrieved August 21, 2012 
  7. ↑ http://blog.lxde.org/?p=966
  8. ↑ http://blog.lxde.org/?p=990
  9. ↑ https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/razor-qt/aRfqM_W_ODQ
  10. ↑ The future of Razor and LXDE-Qt

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