LXQt 2.1 Desktop Environment Released with Initial Wayland Support
Highlights of LXQt 2.1 include an experimental Wayland session through the implementation of a new component called lxqt-wayland-session. The Wayland supports seven Wayland compositors, including Labwc, KWin, Wayfire, Hyprland, Sway, River, and Niri.
Users can select the Wayland session (“LXQt (Wayland)”) from the SDDM login manager and in LXQt Session Settings > Wayland Settings > Wayland compositor. Two backends are available in the LXQt Panel, one for kwin_wayland and the other one for general use.
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LXQt 2.1 Desktop Environment Released, Here’s What’s New
The most notable addition in the new release is the introduction of Wayland sessions through its new component, lxqt-wayland-session. And guess what? LXQt now supports seven different Wayland compositors, including Labwc, KWin, Wayfire, Hyprland, Sway, River, and Niri.
Users can easily manage these options through the new “Wayland Settings” section within LXQt Session Settings. Each of these compositors provides a distinct experience...
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LXQt 2.1.0 released
Version 2.1.0 of the LXQt lightweight Qt desktop environment has been released. The highlight of this release is support for multiple Wayland compositors:
Through its new component lxqt-wayland-session, LXQt 2.1.0 supports 7 Wayland sessions (with Labwc, KWin, Wayfire, Hyprland, Sway, River and Niri), has two Wayland back-ends in lxqt-panel (one for kwin_wayland and the other general), and will add more later. All LXQt components that are not limited to X11 — i.e., most components — work fine on Wayland. [...]
Of course, the X11 session will be supported indefinitely. Wayland is optional and rather experimental.