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KDE@lemmy.kde.social · 15 days ago

Plasma is going all Wayland

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Plasma is going all Wayland

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KDE@lemmy.kde.social · 15 days ago

Going all-in on a Wayland future

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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Yeah the remote desktop stuff isn’t quite there yet eh? And I was wondering how they were going to replace X over ssh as well.
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  Isn’t waypipe meant to replace X over SSH?
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    I don’t know enough about Wayland, so maybe?

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