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Ubuntu 25.10 Drops Support for Running GNOME on Xorg

Last month I reported that GNOME’s plans to drop X11 support as soon as this year would have a major impact on Ubuntu, as it plans its next LTS release — today, Ubuntu confirmed as much. Ubuntu 25.10 ‘Questing Quokka’ will not include…

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GNOME Dropping X11 Support May Complicate Next Ubuntu LTS

GNOME is looking to jettison X11 session support – as soon as this year, which may impact Ubuntu’s plans for its next long-term support release.
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Arch Linux Installer Archinstall Gets Support for the Wayfire Wayland Compositor

Archinstall 3.0.2 Arch Linux menu-based installer is now available with support for the Wayfire Wayland compositor, Btrfs improvements, disk partitioning enhancements, and more.
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openSUSE Tumbleweed Now Offers Wayland Support for the LXQt Desktop

openSUSE Tumbleweed users can now install the latest LXQt desktop environment with Wayland support from the official repositories. Here’s how!
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How to Switch Primary GPU to NVIDIA on Wayland for KDE Plasma and GNOME

A quick tutorial on how to switch the primary GPU to NVIDIA on your Linux distro using either KDE Plasma or GNOME desktops on Wayland.
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Budgie 10.10 Desktop Will Be Wayland-Only as Work Continues on Budgie 11

Budgie 10.10 desktop environment is slated for release in Q1 2025 as a Wayland-only release defaulting to the Labwc compositor.
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LXQt 2.1 Desktop Environment Released with Experimental Wayland Session

LXQt 2.1 desktop environment is now available with initial Wayland support, as well as improvements to PCManFM-Qt, LXQt Panel, QTerminal, and more. Here’s what’s new!
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Fedora 41 Released, Here’s What’s New

Powered by Linux kernel 6.11, Fedora Linux 41 ships with GNOME 47, Wayland only, DNF 5, a new Miracle official spin, and more.
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Sway 1.10 Released with Performance Boosts, GPU Recovery

Sway 1.10 tiling Wayland compositor released with faster rendering, GPU recovery, ICC profile support, and more.
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Raspberry Pi OS Now Enables Wayland by Default on All Raspberry Pi Models

The biggest change in the new Raspberry Pi OS release is the enablement of the labwc Wayland compositor by default on all Raspberry Pi models. Previous Raspberry Pi OS versions used the Wayland windowing system by default only for Raspberry Pi 4 and Ra…

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Raspberry Pi OS Now Enables Wayland by Default on All Raspberry Pi Models

The latest Raspberry Pi OS release enables the Wayland windowing system by default across all models of Raspberry Pi by using the labwc Wayland compositor.
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Hyprland 0.44 Debuts with Enhanced Features and Bug Fixes

Hyprland 0.44, a tiling Wayland compositor, has been released, bringing new commands, bug fixes, and smoother app resizing.
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Wine 9.19 Debuts with Wayland Improvements

New Wine 9.19: Better Unicode support, Wayland improvements, and DirectPlay enhancements.
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XFCE 4.20 Aims To Bring Preliminary Wayland Support

The XFCE developers are aiming to release the XFCE version 4.20 with the introduction of preliminary Wayland support in December 2024.
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LXQt 2.1 Will Introduce Modular Wayland Sessions

LXQt 2.1 desktop environment is coming! Get ready for modular Wayland sessions and extensive compositor support.
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LXQt 2.1 Promises Experimental Wayland Session, Styling Improvements

The biggest change in LXQt 2.1 will be the experimental Wayland session through the implementation of the lxqt-wayland-session package. Several popular Wayland compositors will be supported by the Wayland session, including Hyprland, KWin, Labwc, Niri,…

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LXQt 2.1 Promises Experimental Wayland Session, Styling Improvements

LXQt 2.1 desktop environment promises experimental Wayland session, styling improvements, and various other enhancements. Here’s what to expect from the upcoming release in mid-November 2024.
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Niri 0.1.9 Unveils Enhanced Workspace and Window Management

Niri 0.1.9, the scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor, now features IPC event streams, on-demand VRR, NVIDIA flicker fixes, and more.
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KDE Plasma 6.2 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Here’s What’s New

KDE Plasma 6.2 promises new features like per-monitor brightness control, the ability to override apps that are blocking sleep or screen locking, Wayland color management protocol support, full Sticky Keys support on Wayland, as well as support for tur…

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Oracle Announces VirtualBox 7.1, Here’s What’s New

VirtualBox 7.1 debuts with groundbreaking features, including ARM support, improved UI, cloud VM management, Wayland support, and more.
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