LXQt Releases Version 2.5 Desktop Environment
The latest stable LXQt update drops its last LXDE dependency and adds new features to its file manager and terminal.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Quantum Computing
The LXQt Project released LXQt 2.5, its latest stable desktop environment, more than six months after version 2.4. The release removes the update's last LXDE dependency on menu-cache and adds incremental searching and a Stop button to the PCManFM-Qt file manager.
Why it matters
Removing the menu-cache dependency lets LXQt rely on a built-in desktop-menu implementation in the LibFM-Qt component. The release will reach the stable repositories of GNU/Linux distributions soon, bringing these changes to users of those systems.
The release requires Qt 6.10 or later and was released more than six months after LXQt 2.4. The update to libkscreen 6.8 has broken LXQt's Monitor Settings, and a fix has not yet been released.
The players
LXQt Project
The LXQt Project is an open-source collaborative effort that develops the LXQt lightweight desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like systems.
The details
LXQt 2.5 replaces the function previously performed by menu-cache with a desktop-menu implementation in the LibFM-Qt component. PCManFM-Qt gained optional incremental searching and a Stop button for heavy searches, while QTerminal added new background image modes, an optional visual bell, and OSC-8 hyperlink options.
Timeline
- 2026-11-05
LXQt 2.5 released.
More than six months after the LXQt 2.4 release.
The Tech Race
LXQt 2.5 completes the removal of its last LXDE dependency, which the project inherited from the LXDE desktop environment it succeeded. The change places LXQt on its own internal menu code rather than a legacy component shared with its predecessor.
Users of GNU/Linux distributions will get the LXQt 2.5 changes once their distribution packages the release, including incremental file search and a Stop button for heavy searches in PCManFM-Qt. Users who depend on Monitor Settings should expect a point release fixing the libkscreen 6.8 breakage before relying on that feature.
The takeaway
Users running LXQt should wait for the point release before using Monitor Settings, since the libkscreen 6.8 update has broken it. Checking your distribution's repositories will show when LXQt 2.5 becomes available.
What happens next
LXQt 2.5 is expected to arrive in the stable software repositories of GNU/Linux distributions soon, and a point release will fix the broken Monitor Settings.
Further reading
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