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LXQt 2.2 Desktop Environment Released with Many Wayland Improvements
LXQt 2.2 is here to further improve the Wayland session introduced in the LXQt 2.1 release with the ability to set the default compositor and the screen locker by distribution or system-wide, improved support for multi-monitor setups, and support for the latest stable versions of the supported Wayland compositors.
In addition, the LXQt Panel can now be configured per monitor when using the Wayland session, the drop-down QTerminal window has been improved under Wayland, monitor settings for kwin_wayland will now work if one or both screens are scaled, and there’s now a shortcut handler using D-Bus for defining global shortcuts under Wayland.
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LXQt 2.2 Released with Enhanced Wayland Support
Over five months after its previous 2.1 release, LXQt 2.2 has officially launched, bringing updates and improvements to this lightweight desktop environment powered by Qt.
One of the headline improvements is its enhanced Wayland support. The team has addressed a long-standing quirk in multi-screen setups by adopting screen names instead of screen numbers — a necessary shift, as Wayland does not define a “primary screen” in the traditional sense.
However, this change introduces a small caveat: desktop item arrangements will be reset for the first time under this protocol. Users sticking with X11 won’t be affected.