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{{Short description|Desktop environment for the X Window System}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox software
| logo                   = [[File:Razor logo.svg|50px|Razor-qt Logo]]
| screenshot             = Razor desktop.png
| screenshot size        = 300px
| caption                = Razor-qt 0.4.1 running on [[Linux Mint#Releases|Linux Mint 12]]
| developer              = The Razor-qt Team, [https://github.com/Razor-qt/razor-qt/contributors contributors]
| released               = 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/p/razor-qt/code/1/ |title=razor-qt / Code / Commit [r1&#93; |publisher=Sourceforge.net |date=2010-09-05 |access-date=2014-03-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/razor-qt/files/ |title=razor-qt – Browse Files at |publisher=Sourceforge.net |access-date=2014-03-17}}</ref>
| discontinued           = yes
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2420670|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date    = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q2420670|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2420670|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date    = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q2420670|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| programming language   = [[C++]], [[Qt (software)|Qt]]
| operating system       = [[Unix-like]]
| language               = Multilingual
| genre                  = [[Desktop environment]]
| license                = [[GNU General Public License|GPL v2]]
| website                = none
}}
'''Razor-qt''' is a discontinued [[free software|free]] and [[open-source software|open-source]] [[desktop environment]]. It was intended as a lightweight desktop environment based upon the [[Qt (software)|Qt]] [[application framework]], and was "tailored for users who value simplicity, speed, and an intuitive interface."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/2012183/five-reasons-to-try-the-new-razor-qt-linux-desktop.html|title=Five reasons to try the new Razor-qt Linux desktop|work=PCWorld|access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref>
Development of Razor-qt has ceased, as it has merged with [[LXDE]]'s Qt port to form [[LXQt]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/want-to-bring-that-old-netbook-back-to-life-hands-on-with-manjaro-lxqt-and-lxle/|title=Want to bring that old netbook back to life? Hands-on with Manjaro LXQt and LXLE |last=Watson|first=J.A.|work=ZDNet|access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref>
==Overview==
Razor-qt was still in the early stages of development.<ref name="linuxjournal">{{citation |url=http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/razor-qt-04-qt-based-desktop-environment |title=Razor-qt 0.4 – Qt based Desktop Environment |author=Reed, Michael |work=Linux Journal |date=2012-01-30 |access-date=2012-02-13}}</ref> {{asof|2012|2}}, the environment included a panel viewer and switcher, a desktop, an application launcher, a settings center and sessions. These components could be enabled or disabled by the user.<ref name="pcw">{{citation |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/246840/razorqt_a_new_linux_desktop_alternative.html |title=Razor-qt: A New Linux Desktop Alternative |publisher=PC World |author=Noyes, Katherine |date=2011-12-27 |access-date=2012-02-13 |archive-date=18 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218184931/https://www.pcworld.com/article/246840/razorqt_a_new_linux_desktop_alternative.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Razor-qt could be used with any modern [[X window manager]] such as [[Openbox]], [[fvwm2]], or [[KWin]].
The memory consumption of Razor-qt was slightly above LXDE, using 114 MiB in a reviewer's test while LXDE used 108 MiB.<ref name="comp">{{citation |url=http://www.webupd8.org/2011/12/razor-qt-new-lightweight-desktop.html |title=Razor-Qt: A New Lightweight Desktop Environment Based on Qt |publisher=Web Upd8 |author=Alin Andrei |date=2011-12-19 |access-date=2012-08-21}}</ref>
== Merge with LXDE ==
{{Main|LXQt}}
After LXDE developer Hong Jen Yee [[Porting|ported]] [[PCManFM]] to Qt in early 2013,<ref>{{cite web |author=PCMan |url=http://blog.lxde.org/?p=966 |title=PCManFM file manager is ported to Qt? &#124; LXDE Blog |publisher=Blog.lxde.org |date=2013-02-19 |access-date=2014-03-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=PCMan |url=http://blog.lxde.org/?p=990 |title=PCManFM Qt 0.1.0 released &#124; LXDE Blog |publisher=Blog.lxde.org |date=2013-03-26 |access-date=2014-03-17}}</ref> he and other interested developers discussed a potential collaboration with Razor-qt, another open-source desktop environment with similar [[software design]] goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/razor-qt/aRfqM_W_ODQ |title=Google Discussiegroepen |access-date=2014-03-17}}</ref> The first release of the new product, [[LXQt]] v0.7.0,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.lxde.org/?p=1100 |title=The First Alpha Release of LXDE-Qt (or LXQt) is in Preparation |publisher=Blog.lxde.org |date=2014-04-27 |access-date=2014-05-07}}</ref> was made public on 2014-05-07.<ref name="0.7release">{{cite web |url=http://blog.lxde.org/?p=1107 |title=LXQt 0.7.0 released |publisher=Blog.lxde.org |date=2014-05-07 |access-date=2014-05-07 |archive-date=12 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512061643/http://blog.lxde.org/?p=1107 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== See also ==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[Comparison of X Window System desktop environments]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
{{Commons category|Razor-qt}}
* {{Github|Razor-qt}}
{{X desktop environments and window managers}}
{{FLOSS}}
[[Category:Free desktop environments]]
[[Category:Software that uses Qt]]