KDE Plasma 6.8 to Drop X11 Support, Become Wayland-Exclusive Desktop
By
mikece
Needed another two minutes in the oven. A half-baked bagel.
Summary
KDE developers announced that Plasma 6.8 will become Wayland-exclusive, dropping X11 session support entirely. While the X11 session will be removed, X11 applications and games will continue to work via XWayland. The decision is based on the fact that most KDE users already use Wayland, and this change will enable new features, optimizations, and faster development by focusing solely on Wayland.
Key quotes
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The Plasma X11 session is going away.
KDE developers report that 'the vast majority of our users are already using the Wayland session'
longer-term this change will allow for new features, optimizations, and more development speed with foregoing X11 session support.
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