LXQt 0.17.0 Desktop Environment Released—Here's What's New | Linux Today

LXQt 0.17.0 Desktop Environment Released—Here’s What’s New

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Marius Nestor
Apr 16, 2021

Arriving more than five months after LXQt 0.16.0, the LXQt 0.17.0 release is here to add an option to the Panel to make it act as a dock by automatically hiding itself when it overlaps a window, add full support for file creation times in the file manager, and add support for non-LXQt apps to save their last settings when the session is terminated.

Moreover, LXQt 0.17.0 add separate idle watchers for AC and battery to the Power Manager, lets users create launchers from Tools menu of the file manager, improves support for SVG icon sets, improves opening of a mixed selection of files with different mime types, and adds natural keyboard navigation on the desktop.

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Marius Nestor

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