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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T07:04:28.000Z",
  "site": "http://forum.palemoon.org",
  "tags": [
    "GTK2 status in Artix",
    "GTK2 forum thread",
    "https://blog.lxde.org/2013/04/25/a-guid ... ons-to-qt/",
    "https://blog.wireshark.org/2013/10/switching-to-qt/",
    "https://phoronix.com/news/Ardour-Removes-GTK-Option",
    "https://sourceforge.net/p/gtk-gnutella/ ... nth=202603"
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  "textContent": "Greetings.\n\nI am not fond of GTK+ 5 which has support of protocol X (XLibre) removed for no appropriate reason;\n\nI am not fond of GTK+ 4, albeit it is lesser bad than GTK+ 3; and\n\nI am not fond of GTK+ 3, due to its unecessary requirement of additional resources.\n\nI think that, GTK+ 2 is the best that GTK+ has ever had to offer.\n\nI further think that, the development of GTK+ 2 should persist.\n\nSoftware that are, or were, built upon GTK+ 2 and which I utilize.\n\naMule\nArdour (YTK)\nAsunder\nClaws Mail (GTK+ 3)\nEBoard (XBoard)\nEDuke32\nePDFView\nFPM2 (GTK+ 3)\nGabber\nGaupol (GTK+ 3)\nGeany (GTK+ 3)\ngFTP\nGHex (GTK+ 3)\nGIMP (GTK+ 3)\ngMTP (GTK+ 3)\ngmrun (GTK+ 3)\nGnumeric (GTK+ 3)\nGossip\nGParted (GTK+ 3)\ngPodder (GTK+ 3)\nGslapt (GTK+ 3)\nGSmartControl (GTK+ 3)\nGTK-GNUTELLA\nInkscape (GTK+ 3)\nLiferea (GTK+ 3)\nLinux DC++\nLSHW (GTK+ 3)\nLXDE\nMATE (GTK +3)\nMeld (GTK+ 3)\nNicotine+ (GTK+ 3)\nPale Moon\nPCManFM (Qt 5)\nQuod Libet (GTK+ 3)\nRFDump\nSakura\nSimon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection (GTK+ 3)\nSmuxi\nSnes9x\nSunflower\nViewnior (GTK+ 3)\nViking (GTK+ 3)\nWireShark (Qt 5)\nXfce (GTK+ 3)\n\nSome projects were ported to GTK+ 3; yet, as one of the prime purposes of these mentioned projects is to be usable, not fancy, I deem that when the developers thereof be aware of an intiatibe to improve and maintain GTK+2, then some, if not all, of them would be interested to support GTK+ 2, again.\n\nGTK2 status in Artix\n\n_2025-10-03_\n\n\n> Arch is phasing GTK2 out of its repositories. This entails the renaming and removing packages: the newer -gtk[34] which replace old GTK2 ones drop their suffix and the latter are removed.\n>\n> Artix will keep GTK2 and dependent packages (for as long as they build without much patching) in [galaxy]. Notable ones are LXDE (package group lxde-gtk2) and hexchat. Until the rebuild operation and testing is completed, these packages shall reside in [galaxy-gremlins]. Please understand that they will not be actively supported and help in maintaining is appreciated.\n>\n> Please follow the GTK2 forum thread for information and updates.\n\nhttps://blog.lxde.org/2013/04/25/a-guid ... ons-to-qt/\n\nhttps://blog.wireshark.org/2013/10/switching-to-qt/\n\nhttps://phoronix.com/news/Ardour-Removes-GTK-Option\n\nhttps://sourceforge.net/p/gtk-gnutella/ ... nth=202603\n\n* * *",
  "title": "Other/future projects • GTK+ 2 Development Initiative",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-24T07:04:28.000Z"
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