{"id":50999,"date":"2026-04-21T07:45:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=50999"},"modified":"2026-04-21T07:45:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:45:47","slug":"lxqt-2-4-0-released-with-continued-wayland-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/lxqt-2-4-0-released-with-continued-wayland-improvements\/","title":{"rendered":"LXQt 2.4.0 Released with Continued Wayland Improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LXQt, the lightweight Qt-based Linux desktop environment, released new 2.4.0 version yesterday.<\/p>\n

The new version of this free open-source desktop improved Wayland, multi-monitors, and sandboxed apps support, and fixed many issues.<\/p>\n

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For Wayland, the visibility of the desktop items with multiple screen setup is consistent now, and, each monitor now has its own “Hide Desktop Items” setting options.<\/p>\n

X11 and Wayland now have separated settings page. The main menu can be opened now on Wayland too by adding a shortcut for lxqt-qdbus openmenu<\/code> in the compositor settings. And, the shortcut selectors in panel menus are disabled and a tooltip about how to configure it is added.<\/p>\n

For laptops, the idleness option for turning off monitor(s) now has separate settings for both the cases running on battery and with AC power connected.<\/p>\n

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The volume indicator in the system tray area has been updated with a horizontal layout, and ability to display all available sinks. And, user can now move cursor over the indicator icon, and use mouse wheel or touchpad scrolling to change volume.<\/p>\n

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The new version also added new org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Access<\/code> protocol for sandboxed apps (e.g., Flatpak apps) to request access permissions to e.g., camera or microphone.<\/p>\n

It updated the “Do not disturb” mode to also ignore the transient notifications, e.g., titles of songs from players and similar. And, it implemented $XDG_STATE_HOME<\/code> base directory to tell where applications should write state data, such as logs, history files, and internal databases.<\/p>\n

Other changes in LXQt 2.4.0 include:<\/p>\n