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lxqt		vivarium
	Project
40	Mentions	5
1,580	Stars	347
1.6%	Growth	-
3.5	Activity	2.8
15 days ago	Latest Commit	7 months ago
Shell	Language	C
-	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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lxqt

Posts with mentions or reviews of lxqt. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-13.

Is it possible to add this feature?
1 project | /r/LXQt | 7 May 2023

You are probably using Openbox as a window manager which does not provide this feature.. Replace Openbox with Xfwm4 (window manager of Xfce) or Kwin (window manager of KDE Plasma). See: https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/wiki/ConfigWindowManagers
Problem with maximized window with two or more displays
1 project | /r/LXQt | 16 Apr 2023

I don't know your issue as I can't quite picture what you're describing sorry, but it does remind me of some issues with openbox (eg. https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/issues/1704). Swapping out openbox as the WM will resolve the issue.
Release 1.3.0 · lxqt/lxqt
1 project | /r/LinuxUserSpace | 15 Apr 2023
Why do popular distros treat any of their "KDE Editions" or flavours as second class citizens?
1 project | /r/linux | 17 Feb 2023

Yes, but also it relays on KDE, at least a little bit.
Does anyone think wayland will actually be the future?
2 projects | /r/linux | 13 Dec 2022
Replacing xscreensaver lock with xsecurelock?
1 project | /r/Lubuntu | 5 Nov 2022

I found this LXQt wiki page, ConfigScreensavers, so I tried the provided suggestions:
lxqt and screen locking
1 project | /r/LXQt | 5 Nov 2022

Configuring lock_command should work. See more on https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/wiki/ConfigScreensavers.
It is posible compile the latest version of LXQt for Debian 11?
1 project | /r/debian | 18 Oct 2022

Here's all you need to know and do to build from source: https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/wiki/Building-from-source
How can you run Wayland on LXQt ?
4 projects | /r/LXQt | 5 Sep 2022
With rise of wayland, are simpler window managers dying?
14 projects | /r/linux | 26 Aug 2022

LXQt: I think they are working on it but not sure how far along they have gotten https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/issues/10

vivarium

Posts with mentions or reviews of vivarium. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-26.

With rise of wayland, are simpler window managers dying?
14 projects | /r/linux | 26 Aug 2022

Take a look to Vivarium It is more recent it worked decently and it is remakably easy to config.
I am looking for a wayland based tiling window manager which is close to dwm/xmonad, which one would you recommend?
4 projects | /r/wayland | 11 Oct 2021

I wrote Vivarium specifically to behave like my old xmonad setup, although it isn't at all like xmonad internally. It's configurable in C.
XMonad – The Automated Tiling WM
19 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Oct 2021

Since various people are asking about xmonad-like tiling in wayland:
I wrote Vivarium[0] specifically to be a wayland compositor that behaves exactly like my (fairly simple) xmonad config, but it's a relatively new/unstable compositor and nothing like xmonad internally.
River[1] has a fantastic tiling model via user-provided executables, which makes it very flexible and probably a good fit for many people wanting something xmonad-like.
Waymonad[2] exists as a direct xmonad-like compositor, but I think development has been basically stalled for a long time. Sometimes there's discussion about reviving it though.
[0] https://github.com/inclement/vivarium
[1] https://github.com/ifreund/river
[2] https://github.com/waymonad/waymonad
Recommended Compositors
2 projects | /r/wayland | 31 Mar 2021

Vivarium has xwayland as an option, enabled by default.
xorg sucks, use swc
14 projects | /r/suckless | 20 Mar 2021

https://github.com/inclement/vivarium.git and https://github.com/djpohly/dwl.git are also great projects in the same vein.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing lxqt and vivarium you can also consider the following projects:

docklike-plugin - A Dock-like Taskbar Plugin for XFCE

river - [mirror] A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor

wayfire - A modular and extensible wayland compositor

waymonad - A wayland compositor based on ideas from and inspired by xmonad

mutter - Read-only mirror of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter

velox - velox window manager

polybar-themes - A huge collection of polybar themes with different styles, colors and variants.

waymonad - A wayland compositor based on ideas from and inspired by xmonad

imgui - Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies

qtile - :cookie: A full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written and configured in Python (X11 + Wayland)

dash-to-panel - An icon taskbar for the Gnome Shell. This extension moves the dash into the gnome main panel so that the application launchers and system tray are combined into a single panel, similar to that found in KDE Plasma and Windows 7+. A separate dock is no longer needed for easy access to running and favorited applications.

spectrwm - A small dynamic tiling window manager for X11.