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Author: golinux
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Which DE?
On 2020-03-16 14:03, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting al3xu5 / dotcommon (dotcommon@???):
>
>> I think LXDE could be a good compromise for me, because it has openbox
>> but it
>> is faster to configure and more "close" in use for those who come from
>> a
>> different "ready-made" DM...
>
> Be aware that LXDE is EOLed and pretty much has no future because of
> being based on GTK2. The successor project, based on the Qt graphics
> library instead -- where all the developer energy went -- is LXQt.
>
> GTK2 has been, as to development, dead as a doornail since 2011. LXDE
> is one of many projects who looked at the dismaying near-total rewrite
> required for migrating to GTK3 (and GTK's increasing GNOME-centric
> nature) and made the agonising decision to bail and migrated sideways
> to Qt.
>


Have you read the beowulf release notes?

LXDE is available and quite functional with a few caveats.

golinux