Linux_junkie
January 17th, 2012, 04:57 PM
Having downloaded and installed the Razor-qt desktop environment from ppa:razor-qt I have been spending the whole of the last seven days using it.
As with all other Ubuntu packages installation was very easy with no input from me and once installed I simply logged out of my current session and logged back in using razor-qt.
Upon first view it does not look much different (layout wise) to LXDE. It does not come with its own window manager but uses openbox by default. It also doesn't come with a file browser like Dolphin but I simply downloaded PCMANFM for file management.
Once I had got used to setting up certain applets for the taskbar I was able to use it just like any other desktop environment. It is not yet that customisible because I have not yet found a way of changing its icon theme but can change the window decorations.
Even though it is only at 0.4 I have found it to be a very stable desktop. No crashes to date of the environment.
If you are the type of person who likes tinkering with the desktop environment and would like to use one that is light on resources then I would highly recommend Razor-qt.
As with all other Ubuntu packages installation was very easy with no input from me and once installed I simply logged out of my current session and logged back in using razor-qt.
Upon first view it does not look much different (layout wise) to LXDE. It does not come with its own window manager but uses openbox by default. It also doesn't come with a file browser like Dolphin but I simply downloaded PCMANFM for file management.
Once I had got used to setting up certain applets for the taskbar I was able to use it just like any other desktop environment. It is not yet that customisible because I have not yet found a way of changing its icon theme but can change the window decorations.
Even though it is only at 0.4 I have found it to be a very stable desktop. No crashes to date of the environment.
If you are the type of person who likes tinkering with the desktop environment and would like to use one that is light on resources then I would highly recommend Razor-qt.