Going all-in on a Wayland future
blogs.kde.org
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.

  • Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
    0·
    5 days ago

    Those are all perfectly valid reasons.

    Sometimes I feel the Linux community is too eager to jump on the latest shiny new thing, even when it’s not finished or lacking important features, or has bugs.

    • Lumisal@lemmy.world
      5·
      5 days ago

      Counterpoint, the Linux community is also happy to keep old and ancient things alive as well.

      Just look at how many 32 bit dedicated distros are out there. There’s even 16 bit ones.