<s>
LXDE	B-Language
(	O
abbreviation	O
for	O
Lightweight	B-Language
X11	I-Language
Desktop	I-Language
Environment	I-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
desktop	O
environment	O
with	O
comparatively	O
low	O
resource	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
makes	O
it	O
especially	O
suitable	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
older	O
or	O
resource-constrained	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
such	O
as	O
netbooks	B-Device
or	O
system	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LXDE	B-Language
is	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
C	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
using	O
the	O
GTK	B-Application
2	O
toolkit	O
,	O
and	O
runs	O
on	O
Unix	B-Application
and	O
other	O
POSIX-compliant	O
platforms	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
BSDs	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LXDE	B-Language
project	O
aims	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
fast	O
and	O
energy-efficient	O
desktop	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
tests	O
suggested	O
that	O
LXDE	B-Language
0.5	O
had	O
the	O
lowest	O
memory-usage	O
of	O
the	O
four	O
most-popular	O
desktop	O
environments	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
(	O
the	O
others	O
being	O
GNOME	B-Application
2.29	O
,	O
KDE	B-Language
Plasma	I-Language
Desktop	I-Language
4.4	I-Language
,	O
and	O
Xfce	B-Language
4.6	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
consumed	O
less	O
energy	O
,	O
which	O
suggests	O
mobile	O
computers	O
with	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
running	O
LXDE	B-Language
0.5	O
drained	O
their	O
batteries	O
at	O
a	O
slower	O
pace	O
than	O
those	O
with	O
other	O
desktop	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LXDE	B-Language
uses	O
rolling	O
releases	O
for	O
its	O
individual	O
components	O
(	O
or	O
for	O
groups	O
of	O
components	O
with	O
coupled	O
dependencies	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
default	O
window	B-Application
manager	I-Application
used	O
is	O
Openbox	B-Language
,	O
but	O
one	O
can	O
configure	O
a	O
third-party	O
window	B-Application
manager	I-Application
for	O
use	O
with	O
LXDE	B-Language
,	O
such	O
as	O
Fluxbox	B-Language
,	O
IceWM	B-Language
or	O
Xfwm	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
LXDE	B-Language
includes	O
GPL-licensed	O
code	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
LGPL-licensed	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
2006	O
by	O
Taiwanese	O
programmer	O
Hong	O
Jen	O
Yee	O
(	O
)	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
PCMan	B-Language
,	O
when	O
he	O
published	O
PCManFM	B-Language
,	O
a	O
new	O
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
and	O
the	O
first	O
module	O
of	O
LXDE	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Comparing	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
rankings	O
for	O
DistroWatch	O
in	O
early	O
January	O
2011	O
for	O
the	O
year	O
2010	O
versus	O
2009	O
,	O
Ladislav	O
Bodnar	O
noted	O
the	O
increase	O
in	O
popularity	O
of	O
LXDE	B-Language
versus	O
other	O
desktop	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dissatisfied	O
with	O
GTK	B-Application
3	O
,	O
Hong	O
Jen	O
Yee	O
experimented	O
with	O
Qt	B-Language
in	O
early	O
2013	O
and	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
a	O
Qt-based	O
PCManFM	B-Language
on	O
26	O
March	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
3	O
July	O
2013	O
Hong	O
announced	O
a	O
Qt	B-Language
port	O
of	O
the	O
full	O
LXDE	B-Language
suite	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
21	O
July	O
Razor-qt	B-Language
and	O
LXDE	B-Language
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
merge	O
the	O
two	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
merger	O
meant	O
that	O
the	O
GTK	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
versions	O
would	O
coexist	O
for	O
some	O
time	O
but	O
,	O
eventually	O
,	O
all	O
original	O
team	O
efforts	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
port	O
,	O
LXQt	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
original	O
team	O
moving	O
to	O
LXQt	B-Language
development	O
,	O
some	O
other	O
developers	O
continued	O
to	O
maintain	O
LXDE	B-Language
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
and	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
fresh	O
commits	O
to	O
keep	O
updated	O
the	O
GTK	B-Application
2	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
July	O
2019	O
LXTerminal	O
release	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
GTK	B-Application
3	O
to	O
avoid	O
dependencies	B-Protocol
on	O
the	O
old	O
VTE	O
lib	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May	O
2020	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
an	O
experimental	O
GTK	B-Application
3	O
port	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Arch	O
Linux	B-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GTK	B-Application
3	O
versions	O
have	O
already	O
been	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
following	O
components	O
:	O
LXAppearance	O
,	O
LXAppearance-ObConf	O
,	O
LXDE-common	O
,	O
LXDE-icon-theme	O
,	O
LXDM	B-Language
,	O
LXhotkey	O
,	O
LXInput	O
,	O
LXLauncher	O
,	O
LXPanel	O
,	O
LXRandR	O
,	O
LXSession	O
,	O
LXTask	O
,	O
LXTerminal	O
,	O
Openbox	B-Language
,	O
PCManFM	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
advantage	O
of	O
using	O
GTK	B-Application
3	O
is	O
that	O
GTK	B-Application
3	O
programs	O
run	O
natively	O
on	O
Wayland	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
PCManFM	B-Language
is	O
a	O
popular	O
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
for	O
use	O
with	O
tiling	O
window	B-Application
managers	I-Application
and	O
hence	O
,	O
having	O
a	O
Wayland-native	O
PCManFM	B-Language
is	O
useful	O
for	O
people	O
that	O
use	O
Sway	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
major	O
desktop	O
environments	O
such	O
as	O
GNOME	B-Application
,	O
the	O
components	O
of	O
LXDE	B-Language
have	O
few	O
dependencies	B-Protocol
and	O
are	O
not	O
tightly	O
integrated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
independently	O
of	O
each	O
other	O
or	O
LXDE	B-Language
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Components	O
Descriptions	O
Notes	O
PCMan	B-Language
File	I-Language
Manager	I-Language
File	B-Application
manager	I-Application
and	O
Desktop	O
metaphor	O
provider	O
LXInput	O
Mouse	O
and	O
keyboard	O
configuration	O
tool	O
LXLauncher	O
Easy-mode	O
application	O
launcher	O
LXPanel	O
Desktop	O
panel	O
LXSession	O
X	B-Device
session	I-Device
manager	I-Device
LXAppearance	O
GTK	B-Application
theme	B-Application
switcher	O
GPicView	O
Image	B-Application
viewer	I-Application
LXMusic	O
A	O
frontend	O
for	O
the	O
XMMS2	O
audio	O
player	O
LXTerminal	O
Terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
LXTerminal	O
can	O
be	O
configured	O
to	O
hide	O
the	O
menu	O
bar	O
and	O
the	O
scrolling	O
bar	O
LXTask	O
Task	B-General_Concept
manager	I-General_Concept
LXRandR	O
A	O
GUI	B-Application
to	O
RandR	O
LXDM	B-Language
X	B-Device
display	I-Device
manager	I-Device
LXNM	O
Lightweight	O
network	O
connection	O
helper	O
daemon	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supports	O
wireless	O
connections	O
(	O
Linux	B-Application
only	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
