<s>
LXQt	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open	I-License
source	I-License
lightweight	O
desktop	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
formed	O
from	O
the	O
merger	O
of	O
the	O
LXDE	B-Language
and	O
Razor-qt	B-Language
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
its	O
GTK	B-Application
predecessor	O
LXDE	B-Language
,	O
LXQt	B-Language
does	O
not	O
ship	O
or	O
develop	O
its	O
own	O
window	B-Application
manager	I-Application
,	O
instead	O
LXQt	B-Language
lets	O
the	O
user	O
decide	O
which	O
(	O
supported	O
)	O
window	B-Application
manager	I-Application
they	O
want	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
commonly	O
default	O
LXQt	B-Language
to	O
Openbox	B-Language
or	O
Xfwm4	B-Language
or	O
KWin	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dissatisfied	O
with	O
GTK	B-Application
3	O
,	O
LXDE	B-Language
maintainer	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
PCMan	B-Language
File	I-Language
Manager	I-Language
on	O
26	O
March	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
clarified	O
,	O
though	O
,	O
that	O
this	O
means	O
no	O
departure	O
from	O
GTK	B-Application
in	O
LXDE	B-Language
,	O
saying	O
"	O
The	O
GTK	B-Application
and	O
Qt	B-Language
versions	O
will	O
coexist	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
later	O
ported	O
LXDE	B-Language
's	O
Xrandr	O
front-end	O
to	O
Qt	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
3	O
July	O
2013	O
Hong	O
Jen	O
Yee	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
2013	O
,	O
Razor-qt	B-Language
and	O
LXDE	B-Language
announced	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
decided	O
to	O
merge	O
the	O
two	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
merge	O
meant	O
that	O
the	O
GTK	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
versions	O
coexisted	O
in	O
the	O
short	O
term	O
,	O
but	O
eventually	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
GTK	B-Application
version	O
was	O
dropped	O
and	O
all	O
efforts	O
were	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
merger	O
of	O
LXDE-Qt	O
and	O
Razor-qt	B-Language
was	O
renamed	O
LXQt	B-Language
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
,	O
version	O
0.7.0	O
,	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
7	O
May	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
0.13	O
release	O
on	O
21	O
May	O
2018	O
the	O
LXQt	B-Language
project	O
formally	O
split	O
from	O
LXDE	B-Language
with	O
the	O
move	O
to	O
a	O
separate	O
GitHub	B-Application
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LXQt	B-Language
consists	O
of	O
many	O
modular	O
components	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
them	O
depending	O
on	O
Qt	B-Language
and	O
KDE	B-Language
Frameworks	I-Language
5	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
EndeavourOS	O
offers	O
LXQt	B-Language
in	O
their	O
installer.Artix	O
LinuxA	O
LXQt	B-Language
ISO	O
is	O
available.DebianAlso	O
other	O
Debian-based	B-Operating_System
Linux	O
distributions.Fedora	O
LinuxAvailable	O
as	O
a	O
Fedora	O
Spin.LubuntuOfficial	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
flavor.ManjaroopenSUSEGeckoLinux	O
offers	O
a	O
LXQt	B-Language
ISO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
+	O
LXQt	B-Language
releases	O
Version	O
Date	O
Key	O
features	O
bringing	O
full	O
Qt	B-Language
5	O
compatibility	B-Device
Featuring	O
heavy	O
internal	O
cleanups	O
and	O
refactorings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compatibility	B-Device
with	O
Qt	B-Language
4	O
was	O
dropped	O
,	O
requiring	O
Qt	B-Language
5	O
&	O
KDE	B-Language
Frameworks	I-Language
5	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qt	B-Language
5.3	O
is	O
now	O
the	O
minimum	O
required	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
address	O
concerns	O
that	O
Qt-based	O
apps	O
have	O
heavy	O
memory	O
usage	O
,	O
this	O
release	O
was	O
compared	O
against	O
Xfce	B-Language
,	O
revealing	O
that	O
,	O
after	O
a	O
cold	B-Operating_System
boot	I-Operating_System
,	O
LXQt	B-Language
's	O
memory	O
usage	O
was	O
of	O
112	O
MB	O
,	O
just	O
a	O
bit	O
less	O
than	O
Xfce	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
minimum	O
Qt	B-Language
version	O
5.6.1	O
All	O
packages	O
are	O
ready	O
for	O
Qt	B-Language
5.11	O
Three	O
new	O
themes	O
;	O
Clearlooks	O
,	O
Leech	O
and	O
Kvantum	O
.	O
</s>
