KDE@lemmy.kde.social · 14 hours ago

Plasma is going all Wayland

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Plasma is going all Wayland

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KDE@lemmy.kde.social · 14 hours ago

Going all-in on a Wayland future

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Well folks, it’s the beginning of a new era: after nearly three decades of KDE desktop environments running on X11, the future KDE Plasma 6.8 release will be Wayland-exclusive! Support for X11 applications will be fully entrusted to Xwayland, and the Plasma X11 session will no longer be included.

After nearly three decades of KDE desktop environments running on X11, the future KDE Plasma 6.8 release (due early 2027) will be Wayland-exclusive.

Read the FAQ in the link to find out what this means for you and the future of KDE.

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Thats quite the runway. That helps them focus the attention on Wayland specific issues to get it more up to speed with X11.

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