LXQt 2.3 Desktop Environment Released with New Features and Enhancements

posted by Marius Nestor on Nov 05, 2025,
updated Nov 08, 2025

Coming more than six months after LXQt 2.2, the LXQt 2.3 release introduces a new Wayfire backend for the Wayland session, support for adjusting the screen backlight with the mouse wheel on the panel, and support for the ext-workspace-v1 protocol to the workspace switcher applet on the panel.

LXQt 2.3 also brings a new “Safely Remove” option to the side pane context menu for external drives, an “Extract Here” context menu option using lxqt-archiver’s --extract-here argument for archives, support for disabling file tooltips on the desktop, as well as a native systemd service.

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Linuxiac:

• LXQt 2.3 Desktop Environment Released with Better Wayland Support

  Almost half a year after the previous 2.2 release, LXQt 2.3 has officially launched, bringing updates and improvements to this lightweight desktop environment powered by Qt.

  Wayland support remains a central focus, with the LXQt Panel now working seamlessly with Labwc and Niri compositors through the ext-workspaces-v1 protocol. At the same time, a new backend for Wayfire joins the lineup—positioning Wayfire just behind KWin-Wayland in terms of supported panel actions.

  The release also introduces lxqt-qdbus, a new utility included in lxqt-wayland-session, making various qdbus commands easier to use under Wayland. Additionally, LXQt Power Management adds a section for turning off monitors on Wayland, supporting KWin, niri, and Hyprland compositors.

LWN:

• LXQt 2.3.0 released

  Version 2.3.0 of the Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment (LXQt) has been released. The highlight of this release is continued improvement in Wayland support across LXQt components. Rather than offering its own compositor, the LXQt project takes a modular approach and works with several Wayland compositors, such as KWin, labwc, and niri.

UbuntuHandbook:

• LXQt 2.3.0 Released with Enhanced Wayland Support | UbuntuHandbook

  LXQt, the lightweight Qt based desktop environment, released new version 2.3.0 few days ago.

  The new release of this free open-source Linux desktop continued improving Wayland support. The Desktop Switcher panel applet now works on Labwc, niri, and Wayfire Wayland compositors that support ext-workspaces-v1 protocol.