LXQt 2.4 Lands: Wayland Gains Ground in Lightweight Desktop Race

LXQt 2.4 Lands: Wayland Gains Ground in Lightweight Desktop Race

LXQt 2.4.0 hit the scene on April 20, 2026. The lightweight Qt-based desktop environment now stands shoulder-to-shoulder with heavyweights like GNOME 50 and KDE Plasma 6.6. Developers focused on bug fixes, code cleanup. But they slipped in practical tweaks too. Many changes rolled out earlier via point releases since November 2025. The Phoronix report captures the momentum: “The LXQt 2.4 desktop released today for joining the modern open-source …

LXQt 2.4.0 Released with Continued Wayland Improvements

LXQt, the lightweight Qt-based Linux desktop environment, released new 2.4.0 version yesterday. The new version of this free open-source desktop improved Wayland, multi-monitors, and sandboxed apps support, and fixed many issues. 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. X11 and Wayland now have separated settings page. Th…

LXQt 2.4.0 released – OSnews

LXQt, the desktop environment which is effectively to KDE what Xfce is to GNOME, has released version 2.4.0. Quite a few changes in this release are further refinements and fixes related to LXQt’s adoption of Wayland, but there are also a ton of small fixes, improvements, and small new features that have nothing to do with Wayland at all. There are also a few layout cleanups to make some dialogs and panels look a bit tidier and nicer. Note that …

LXQt 2.4 Released With More Wayland Fixes/Improvements

The LXQt 2.4 desktop released today for joining the modern open-source desktop party alongside the likes of the recently debuted GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, and others...