Razor-qt

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Razor-qt
Developer(s) The Razor-qt Team, contributors
Initial release2010 [1] [2]
Final release
0.5.2 [3]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / 12 January 2013
Repository
Written in C++, Qt
Operating system Unix-like
Available inMultilingual
Type Desktop environment
License GPL v2
Websitenone

Razor-qt is a discontinued free and open-source desktop environment. It was intended as a lightweight desktop environment based upon the Qt application framework, and was "tailored for users who value simplicity, speed, and an intuitive interface." [4]

Contents

Development of Razor-qt has ceased, as it has merged with LXDE's Qt port to form LXQt. [5]

Overview

Razor-qt was still in the early stages of development. [6] As of February 2012, the environment included a panel viewer and switcher, a desktop, an application launcher, a settings center and sessions. These components could be enabled or disabled by the user. [7]

Razor-qt could be used with any modern X window manager such as Openbox, fvwm2, or KWin.

The memory consumption of Razor-qt was slightly above LXDE, using 114 MiB in a reviewer's test while LXDE used 108 MiB. [8]

Merge with LXDE

After LXDE developer Hong Jen Yee ported PCManFM to Qt in early 2013, [9] [10] he and other interested developers discussed a potential collaboration with Razor-qt, another open-source desktop environment with similar software design goals. [11] The first release of the new product, LXQt v0.7.0, [12] was made public on 2014-05-07. [13]

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