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by RunSet 1288 days ago
I clicked through eager to see LXDE curbstomp all comers but alas it was not included in the results.

I use LXDE because it responds when I click its widgets. Every other desktop environment, by comparison, has a noticeable lag when responding to user input- despite using more memory. Wassup widdat?
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timbit42 1288 days ago
LXQt (uses Qt) has replaced LXDE (uses GTK3), and is in the results. LXDE's latest release was Feb 2021, while LXQt's was a month ago. The creator of LXDE, Hong Jen Yee, has abandoned it for LXQt because he was dissatisfied with GTK3. I have to wonder how much more work will get done on LXDE.

Source 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LXDE

Source 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LXQt

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RunSet 1288 days ago
> LXDE's latest release was Feb 2021, while LXQt's was a month ago. The creator of LXDE, Hong Jen Yee, has abandoned it

I'm aware LXDE's creator has abandoned it but LXQt is laggy compared to LXDE, which does everything I need it to, so I will continue to use the latter.

I am also fine with a lack of releases since for my purposes LXDE is complete and I find alternatives that receive more regular releases inferior.

Future development work on LXDE seems likely to occur in the GTK3 port.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/LXDE#GTK_3_version

Although again, I don't consider LXDE to require much development since it is ideal as-is. Once the wheel is round there is no need to add corners just to say it is being developed.

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