{"id":49950,"date":"2025-11-07T12:23:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T12:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=49950"},"modified":"2025-11-07T12:23:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T12:23:01","slug":"lxqt-2-3-0-released-with-enhanced-wayland-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/lxqt-2-3-0-released-with-enhanced-wayland-support\/","title":{"rendered":"LXQt 2.3.0 Released with Enhanced Wayland Support"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LXQt, the lightweight Qt based desktop environment, released new version 2.3.0 few days ago.<\/p>\n

The new release of this free open-source Linux desktop continued improving Wayland support. The Desktop Switcher panel applet now works on Labwc, niri, and Wayfire Wayland compositors that support ext-workspaces-v1<\/a> protocol.<\/p>\n

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ScreenGrab, the screenshot tool, can now take screenshot under Wayland compositors that support “wlr screencopy protocol”, such as Hyprland and Sway. It now has a better border color for selection rectangle on X11, and features a new command-line option for saving screenshot and exiting without showing window.<\/p>\n

The lxqt-wayland-session<\/code> has been updated with new lxqt-qdbus<\/code> making various qdbus commands easier to use with all Wayland compositors. And a new PIC based backend has been added for Wayfire.<\/p>\n

And, the Power Management Settings now has a new section for Wayland to turn off monitor, using KWin, niri or Hyprland command.<\/p>\n

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Besides Wayland improvements, LXQt 2.3.0 also improved the PCManFM-Qt file manager by adding new “Safely Remove” option to the side-pane context menu when possible, as well as an option to disable file tooltips on desktop.<\/p>\n

And the Custom Command applet is now more flexible in both Wayland and X11 by supporting structured output and being updated every time it receives output.<\/p>\n

Other changes in LXQt 2.3.0 include:<\/p>\n