Is LXQT Bookworm proof?

[app4soft]

Try it. See what happens. :)

Requested LXQT packages for MX-23 to be able to try: viewtopic.php?t=75896

[Wallon]

Several videos on YouTube show that LXQT has become heavier than XFCE in Debian 12.

[figueroa]

All components of LXDE that need GTK+ can be built with GTK+3. I build the full LXDE suite (except I don't use LXDM) on Gentoo with GTK+3.

Both GTK+2 and GTK+3 are included in the MX-23 beta 2 and LXDE installs cleanly and functions as expected from the MX Package Installer.

I would not choose LXQT over LXDE.

[mklym]

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System:
  Kernel: 6.2.14-1-liquorix-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
    intel_pstate=disable hpet=disable rcupdate.rcu_expedited=1
    BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.2.14-1-liquorix-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
    resume=UUID=<filter> resume_offset=25731072
  Desktop: LXQt v: 1.3.0 tk: Qt v: 5.15.8 info: lxqt-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM
    v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23_x64 Libretto June 15  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Panasonic product: CF-53AAGHYDM v: 001 serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 10 v: 001 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Panasonic model: CF53-1 v: 1 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: American Megatrends
    v: 1.00L14 date: 07/12/2011
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 83.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 83.4/91.0 Wh (91.6%) volts: 12.3 min: 10.7
    model: Panasonic CF-VZSU46 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: not charging
  Device-1: hid-00:02:76:2c:7f:27-battery model: ThinkPad Bluetooth Laser Mouse serial: N/A
    charge: N/A status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-2520M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge gen: core 2 level: v2
    built: 2010-12 process: Intel 32nm family: 6 model-id: 0x2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 0x2F
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB
    desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 852 high: 1000 min/max: 800/2501 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 810 2: 798 3: 802 4: 1000 bogomips: 19953
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB
    filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics vendor: Matsushita
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-6 code: Sandybridge process: Intel 32nm built: 2011 ports:
    active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0126
    class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99") s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 res: 1366x768 hz: 58 size: N/A modes: 1366x768
  API: OpenGL v: 3.3 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio vendor: Matsushita 6
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.2.14-1-liquorix-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Matsushita driver: e1000e v: kernel port: e080
    bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0082 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: wwan0 state: down mac: N/A
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Alps UGTZ4 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 2-1.1:3 chip-ID: 044e:3001
    class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.2 lmp-v: 2.1
    sub-v: 149c hci-v: 2.1 rev: 149c
  Info: acl-mtu: 310:10 sco-mtu: 64:8 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, audio, telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 141.61 GiB used: 53.49 GiB (37.8%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDSC2BB120G6R size: 111.79 GiB block-size:
    physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: DL2B scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 model: SDCFXS-032G size: 29.82 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 6.01 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 111.78 GiB size: 109.47 GiB (97.93%) used: 52.25 GiB (47.7%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 10.64 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 65.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2848 libs: 1389 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/S7.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/lxqt13.gpg.key] https://severusseptimius.github.io/lxqt13 ./
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    3: deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    4: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mirror.it.ubc.ca/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb http://mirror.it.ubc.ca/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/softmaker.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/softmaker.gpg] https://shop.softmaker.com/repo/apt stable non-free
Info:
  Processes: 235 Uptime: 2h 8m wakeups: 9 Memory: 7.64 GiB used: 2.06 GiB (27.0%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

I installed LXQt onto MX23 RC(?) by activating the test repo and searching for 'LXQt'. Installed all that was returned from the search. I have done all updates as they became available, including the updates today. The only issue I encountered was that a few icons did no display. That was fixed when I changed to 'Gnome' icons.

As for 'lighter' or 'heavier' is not something I am bothered about with this unit. 'Different' would be the word I would use to describe why I tried the LXQt desktop. Linux is about choice, right?

To me, it is not about what is better (than what) but what works for you.