ALT Linux LXQt

ALT Linux LXQt is an open source distribution of Linux derived from the Mandrake operating system, which was later known as Mandriva and now forked into OpenMandriva, and using the lighweight LXQt desktop environment.

Availability, boot options, supported architectures

The LXQt edition of ALT Linux is available for download as two Live CD ISO images that must be burned onto CD discs or written to USB flash drives of 1GB or higher capacity in order to boot them from the BIOS of a PC or laptop that supports either the 64-bit or 32-bit hardware platform.

When booting from the bootable medium, the user will be prompted by a boot loader with several options, such as the ability to start the live environment with default options (LiveCD) or in persistent mode (LiveCD with sessions support), as well as to boot from the first disk and run a memory test.

The second Linux distribution with LXQt

In the LXQt review we've mentioned the fact that more and more lightweight Linux distributions will adopt the LXQt desktop environment, replacing the deprecated LXDE and Razor-qt ones. Therefore, ALT Linux is the second distro to adopt the LXQt project as its default desktop environment.

LXQt uses a clean and familiar setup comprised of a single taskbar located on the bottom edge of the screen from where the user can access the main menu and launch applications, as well as to interact with running programs and cycle between virtual desktops.

Default applications include the PCManFM-Qt file manager, JuffEd text editor, LXImage image viewer, FatRat download manager, Mozilla Firefox and QupZilla web browsers, qBittorrent torrent downloader, Psi+ chat client, FocusWriter word processor, Clementine audio player, SMPlayer video player, and Tubularix puzzle game.

Bottom line

Summing up, ALT Linux LXQt is a decent distribution of Linux designed from the ground up to be as smooth and low on resources as possible, as well as to showcase the LXQt desktop environment.

What is new in this release:

• Linux 4.14.61 / 4.17.13
• Built using mkimage-profiles 1.2.20

What is new in version 20180613:

• Built using mkimage-profiles 1.2.16
• GnuPG2 2.2.8 (and fixed 1.4.22+)

What is new in version :

• Linux 4.9.72 / 4.14.8+
• glibc 2.26+
• xorg-server 1.19.6, Mesa 17.2.7
• lxqt: qupzilla 2.2.3

What is new in version 20171122:

• Linux 4.9.63 / 4.13.14
• built using mkimage-profiles 1.2.4

What is new in version 20171025:

• Linux 4.9.58 / 4.13.9
• built using mkimage-profiles 1.2.3+
• Mesa 17.2.3
• Qt 5.9.2
• ModemManager 1.6.10
• LXQt: 0.12.0; qterminal 0.8.0, Qupzilla 2.2.0

What is new in version 20170830:

• Linux 4.9.45 / 4.12.9
• Firefox 55.0.3
• Built using mkimage-profiles 1.2.1+

What is new in version 20170719:

• Linux 4.9.38 / 4.12.2

What is new in version 20170613:

• Linux 4.9.31 / 4.10.17
• lxqt: updated packages

What is new in version 20170329:

• Linux 4.9.18 / 4.10.6
• make-initrd 2.0.3
• Mesa 17.0.2

What is new in version 20170222:

• Linux 4.4.50 / 4.9.11
• kde5, lxqt: KF5 5.31.0 / 5.8.4

What is new in version 20170125:

• Linux 4.4.44 / 4.9.5
• sudo 1.8.19

What is new in version 20161228:

• Linux 4.4.33 / 4.8.9
• Firefox 50

What is new in version 20161123:

• Linux 4.4.33 / 4.8.9
• Firefox 50

What is new in version 20161026:

• Linux 4.4.27 / 4.7.10
• lxqt: qupzilla 2.0.2

What is new in version 20160727:

• back from Valaam release
• Linux 4.4.15 / 4.6.4
• desktop images: xorg-server 1.18.4, Mesa 12.0.1
• cinnamon: 3.0.7
• enlightenment: 0.20.10
• gnome3: updated packages; evolution 3.20.4
• kde5, lxqt: KF5 5.24.0 / 5.7.1

What is new in version 20160622:

• We Remember
• updated lvm2/mdadm/multipath-tools
• Firefox 47.0
• gnome3: some 3.20.3 packages

What is new in version 20151104:

• Russia's Unity Day release
• built using mkimage-profiles 1.1.77+ (see tag)
• os-prober 1.70 (win10 detection)
• desktop images: initial NTP support
• NetworkManager 1.0.6+
• lxqt 0.10.0
• qupzilla 1.8.8
• this snapshot finally marked as tested again, hooray! (see BUGS fixed)

What is new in version 20150729:

• Built using mkimage-profiles 1.1.70+.

What is new in version 20150624:

• Linux 3.14.45 / 4.0.6
• systemd 221 (further regressions, see BUGS)
• built using mkimage-profiles 1.1.68+
• not marked as tested due to known regressions

What is new in version 20150311:

• Linux 3.14.35 (with SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_TSYNC) / 3.19.1
• Mesa 10.5.0 - built using mkimage-profiles 1.1.61
• desktop images: added inconsolata, terminus fonts
• lxqt: "fixed" cool-retro-term font rendering by adding liberation fonts

What is new in version 20150217:

• Linux 3.14.33 / 3.18.7
• xorg-server 1.16.4
• NetworkManager 1.0
• built using mkimage-profiles 1.1.58

What is new in version 20150211:

• Linux 3.14.32 / 3.18.6
• Mesa 10.4.4
• built using mkimage-profiles 1.1.57
• icewm: updated metapackage and default theme
• kde4: 14.12.2 / 4.14.5
• lxqt: 0.9.0 (Qt5)

What is new in version 20150204:

• Linux 3.14.31 / 3.18.5
• Firefox 35.0.1
• kde4: 14.12.1 (some packages are 4.14.4 or so)

What is new in version 20150121:

• Linux 3.14.29 / 3.18.3

What is new in version 20150107:

• Built using mkimage-profiles 1.1.54

What is new in version 20141231:

• goodbye 2014 release
• Mesa 10.4.1

What is new in version 20141224:

• Linux 3.14.27 / 3.18.1
• built using mkimage-profiles 1.1.53+
• added servicectl