Difference between lxde and lxqt

[ramiroelliot]

I am having a hard time selecting one of the above desktop environment .. I just know the basic difference lxde uses GTK and lxqt uses Qt toolkit.... Compared to each other which is lighter on resources and which one is actively developed?

[Rex Bouwense]

Welcome the lxde forums. Reference to which is lighter on resources, that would be lxde. However to base your decision solely on which one uses less resources is a bit foolish since RAM is so inexpensive and plentiful today. As to which is being actively developed, that would be LXQT. However, lxde is being maintained by the community and when you have something that works very well it is relatively easy to maintain it. Both desktop environments can be downloaded from many of the distro repositories. Which operating system is currently on your computer? That is the big question. What are you wanting you DE to do on your computer operating system?

[drewbinsky]

LXDE is considered lighter on resources than LXQt in its base state. This is primarily because LXDE is built using the older GTK 2 toolkit, which has fewer dependencies and a smaller memory footprint compared to Qt. PolyTrack

[Ziggi]

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication = LXDE
"It seems that perfection is reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away"
My principle – Need I say more?

In every instance LXQT, Xfce, IceWM etc will use more resource and be slower in every situation than LXDE on a like for like fully installed distro with all the usual desktop applications loaded.
When you are running off grid using the battery; LXDE will extend the session over LXQT

Fantastic! Unbelievable? I have not even mentioned Wayland – lol