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Re: Here comes LXQt: merge of two lightweight desktop projects, LXDE, and QT

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Mike Easter wrote:
> Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>
>> I'm an LXDE user and worry about big changes.
>
> LXDE was based on gtk+2 and needed to be migrated to gtk+3.

This blog article footnote section from 2013 Mar presents the picture 
from the eyes of Hong Jen Yee

http://blog.lxde.org/?p=990 I, however, need to admit that working with 
Qt/C++ is much more pleasant and productive than messing with 
C/GObject/GTK+.  Since GTK+ 3 breaks backward compatibility a lot and it 
becomes more memory hungry and slower, I don't see much advantage of 
GTK+ now.  GTK+ 2 is lighter, but it's no longer true for GTK+ 3. 
Ironically, fixing all of the broken compatibility is even harder than 
porting to Qt in some cases (PCManFM IMO is one of them).  So If someone 
is starting a whole new project and is thinking about what GUI toolkit 
to use, personally I might recommend Qt if you're not targeting Gnome 3.


-- 
Mike Easter

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Here comes LXQt: merge of two lightweight desktop projects, LXDE, and QT RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-12 12:14 +0000
  Re: Here comes LXQt: merge of two lightweight desktop projects, LXDE, and QT Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-12 16:03 +0300
    Re: Here comes LXQt: merge of two lightweight desktop projects, LXDE, and QT RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-12 14:56 +0000
      Re: Here comes LXQt: merge of two lightweight desktop projects, LXDE, and QT Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-12 19:30 +0300
        Re: Here comes LXQt: merge of two lightweight desktop projects, LXDE, and QT Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2014-05-12 09:44 -0700
          Re: Here comes LXQt: merge of two lightweight desktop projects, LXDE,   and QT Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2014-05-12 10:07 -0700
            Re: Here comes LXQt: merge of two lightweight desktop projects, LXDE, and QT Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-12 20:42 +0300
              Re: Here comes LXQt: merge of two lightweight desktop projects, LXDE, and QT Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-05-12 21:01 +0000
                Re: Here comes LXQt: merge of two lightweight desktop projects, LXDE, and QT Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-13 00:50 +0300
                Re: Here comes LXQt: merge of two lightweight desktop projects, LXDE, and QT Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-05-13 11:52 +0000
  Re: Here comes LXQt: merge of two lightweight desktop projects, LXDE, and QT Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2014-05-12 12:41 -0300
  Re: Here comes LXQt: merge of two lightweight desktop projects, LXDE, and QT Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2014-05-12 08:53 -0700

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