KDE Plasma 6.8 Drops Native X11 for Exclusive Wayland Shift

KDE to drop X11 session in KDE Plasma 6.8 – OSnews

The KDE project has made the call. 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. ↫ The Plasma Team They’re following in the footsteps of the GNOME project, who will also be leaving the legacy wind…

KDE Plasma 6.8 Drops Native X11 for Exclusive Wayland Shift

In a pivotal shift for open-source desktop environments, KDE has announced that its upcoming Plasma 6.8 release will embrace Wayland as the sole display protocol, effectively bidding farewell to native X11 session support after nearly three decades. This move, detailed in a recent post on the KDE Blogs, marks a significant milestone in the evolution of Linux desktops, prioritizing modern graphics handling over legacy systems. Developers argue th…

KDE Plasma going all-in on Wayland and will drop the X11 session completely

It was only a matter of time but it's nearly upon us - KDE Plasma with version 6.8 will be entirely dropping the X11 session to go full Wayland..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

KDE Plasma 6.8 Will Go Wayland-Exclusive In Dropping X11 Session Support

KDE developers announced they are going "all-in on a Wayland future" and with the Plasma 6.8 desktop it will become Wayland-exclusive. The Plasma X11 session is going away...

KDE Plasma 6.8 Will Go Fully Wayland, Ending Nearly 30 Years of X11 Sessions

KDE shifts the upcoming Plasma 6.8 release to a Wayland-only setup, keeping X11 apps running via Xwayland and maintaining X11 session support only until early 2027.