• Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment `Razor Qt` Reaches Version 0.5.0

    Razor Qt is a lightweight desktop environment - think of it as LXDE, but using Qt. It doesn't come with its own window manager and its developers recommend using it with Openbox, but it should work with any window manager like Kwin, Metacity, etc.

    Razor Qt 0.5.0 has been released yesterday, bringing lots of new features and performance improvements. For instance, there's a new appearance GUI for configuring themes:


    Another important change is the introduction of a notification daemon which comes with its own configuration tool, used to set the notifications position on the screen as well as some advanced settings uder which the user can set the expiration time, spacing or width:

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    Install Razor Qt in Ubuntu

    Ubuntu users 12.10, 12.04, 11.10, 11.04 or 10.04 can install the latest Razor Qt by using its official PPA:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:razor-qt sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install razorqt Once installed, log out and select "Razor Desktop" from the login screen.

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    1. Rune.Ks avatar
      Rune.K -
      En fördel med Razor Qt är att det inte följer med några program, dvs man slipper dubbletter.

      Paketen som installeras är:
      Kod:
      root@k1204:~# aptitude install razorqt
      The following NEW packages will be installed:
        libglib2.0-bin{a} libglib2.0-data{a} liblightdm-gobject-1-0{a} liblightdm-qt-2-0{a} libqtxdg0{a} librazorqt0{a} libstatgrab6{a} 
        libxklavier16{a} lightdm{a} lightdm-razorqt-greeter{a} razorqt razorqt-appswitcher{a} razorqt-autosuspend{a} razorqt-config{a} 
        razorqt-data{a} razorqt-desktop{a} razorqt-globalkeyshortcuts{a} razorqt-notificationd{a} razorqt-openssh-askpass{a} razorqt-panel{a} 
        razorqt-policykit-agent{a} razorqt-power{a} razorqt-runner{a} razorqt-session{a} 
      0 packages upgraded, 24 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
      Need to get 12.2 MB of archives. After unpacking 20.3 MB will be used.
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