Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment `Razor Qt` Reaches Version 0.5.0

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.razor-qt.org/">Razor Qt</a> is a lightweight desktop environment - think of it as LXDE, but using Qt</b>. It doesn't come with its own window manager and its developers recommend using it with Openbox, but it should work with any window manager like Kwin, Metacity, etc.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Razor Qt 0.5.0</b> has been released yesterday, bringing lots of new features and performance improvements. For instance, there's a <b>new appearance GUI </b>for configuring themes:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijC_UnsOGWjeaIGpyiNkz7sEKrU_UmH_tG4DZ-bJCouD8-wcUkRBTrXk2OGhXe58XK-cIfZu4LeXgEhy4VC2EE79wyEqRfNjkSQP1cFhSHGjIbMejRqVlfLoERk6SKphvVjA7zn30nLEPv/s1600/razor-qt-0.5.0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="razor qt" border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijC_UnsOGWjeaIGpyiNkz7sEKrU_UmH_tG4DZ-bJCouD8-wcUkRBTrXk2OGhXe58XK-cIfZu4LeXgEhy4VC2EE79wyEqRfNjkSQP1cFhSHGjIbMejRqVlfLoERk6SKphvVjA7zn30nLEPv/s320/razor-qt-0.5.0.png" title="razor qt" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Another important change is the introduction of a <b>notification daemon</b> which comes with <b>its own configuration tool</b>, used to set the notifications position on the screen as well as some advanced settings uder which the user can set the expiration time, spacing or width:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi41HI0JiTrhpmrTAIX8Pw7J3F41N23WKHDZcRXGAhA1fRoARqlWQfS-RGCqo2NwGAJM99-rAfuHzdumkFdDsyhjdP7QHZkULYsjfZ7cYNqPm66I70dTwLjfSAJxAw39Fls4UpLKX3kBAT-/s1600/razor-qt-notifications.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="razor qt" border="0" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi41HI0JiTrhpmrTAIX8Pw7J3F41N23WKHDZcRXGAhA1fRoARqlWQfS-RGCqo2NwGAJM99-rAfuHzdumkFdDsyhjdP7QHZkULYsjfZ7cYNqPm66I70dTwLjfSAJxAw39Fls4UpLKX3kBAT-/s320/razor-qt-notifications.png" title="razor qt" width="320" /></a></div><br />Razor Qt 0.5.0 also comes with its own <b>LightDM login screen greeter</b>:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03tl53fF_F5pNy2_JNQqXFmlu8yzQUODWEtjyvMiF01kFoUtZT08U2q-enUog47ieGLNelM0dPMtTy4Up5YLFBwT2i8ElcHuzdhmJ-jm8LL558oxJWlgEFZ-34iB-K_utFYADu2ng_-5K/s1600/razor-qt-lightdm-greeter.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="razor qt" border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03tl53fF_F5pNy2_JNQqXFmlu8yzQUODWEtjyvMiF01kFoUtZT08U2q-enUog47ieGLNelM0dPMtTy4Up5YLFBwT2i8ElcHuzdhmJ-jm8LL558oxJWlgEFZ-34iB-K_utFYADu2ng_-5K/s320/razor-qt-lightdm-greeter.png" title="razor qt" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />The greeter is not set when you install Razor Qt. To use it, you need to edit "/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf" and set "greeter-session=lightdm-razor-greeter", then save the file and restart the computer.<br /><br /><br /><b>Other changes included with Razor Qt 0.5.0:</b><br /><ul><li>new panel applets: cpu monitor, lm sensor, volume control that supports alsa or pulseaudio, color picker, network monitor</li><li>new keyboard shortcut configuration tool</li><li>there's only one Razor Qt session now and the window manager can be configured through the Razor Qt config tool</li><li>split config session window, due new session autostart changes, featuring better system tray support</li><li>nicer razor-config app layout</li><li>better integration with window managers from fvwm family</li><li>new desktop widget: notepad</li><li>architecture changes to prevent RTTI related crashes and suppor for all Qt versions</li><li>huge performance optimizatons</li><li>more</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Install Razor Qt in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu users 12.10, 12.04, 11.10, 11.04 or 10.04 can install the latest Razor Qt by using its official PPA:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:razor-qt<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install razorqt</code></pre><br />Once installed, log out and select "Razor Desktop" from the login screen.<br /><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, see the Razor Qt <a href="http://www.razor-qt.org/install/">installation page</a>.</b><br /><br /><i>For more info, see our initial <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/12/razor-qt-new-lightweight-desktop.html" title="Razor-Qt: A New Lightweight Desktop Environment Based On Qt">Razor Qt</a> post.</i>

Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment `Razor Qt` Reaches Version 0.5.0

Razor Qt is a lightweight desktop environment - think of it as LXDE, but using Qt . It doesn't come with its own window manager and its...

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