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NVIDIA 550.67 Linux Graphics Driver Brings Wayland Fixes, Better Support for VKD3D Games

NVIDIA released today the NVIDIA 550.67 graphics driver for Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris systems, addressing various bugs to improve Wayland support, as well as support for various video games.
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Hyprland Marks 2-Year Anniversary With a New Release

Hyprland 0.37.0 window tiling manager is a significant update, bringing new cursormgr fallbacks, animations, custom notification fonts, and more.
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Goodbye GNOME ISO: CachyOS March Release Prioritizes Plasma 6

CachyOS’s streamlined March 2024 release introduces Plasma 6 with Wayland, new CDNs, and refined filesystems.
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X11 No More: Fedora 41 Paves the Way for Wayland

The end of an era for X11 is here, as Fedora 41 embraces Wayland. Discover the reasons behind this change and what it means for users.
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Kdenlive 24.02 Debuts With Qt6 and KDE Frameworks 6

Kdenlive’s latest update brings major improvements: better Wayland support, native performance boosts, and a focus on stability.
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LXQt’s Desktop Component Is Now 100% Ready for Wayland

A few weeks ago, the LXQt devs published some details about the development state of the next major release, LXQt 2.0, stating that while many LXQt apps and components are already working perfectly on Wayland, they plan to add some missing pieces to ma…

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LXQt’s Desktop Component Is Now 100% Ready for Wayland

The lightweight LXQt desktop environment is now fully ready for the Wayland display protocol, a feature that will be part of the LXQt 2.0 release, due in April 2024.
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Fedora 41 Drops the GNOME Xorg Sessions

Fedora Workstation 41 will not include GNOME Xorg sessions by default, as the team leans towards embracing Wayland’s benefits.
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Fedora Project Now Considering Dropping XOrg Session from Fedora 41 Workstation

Fedora Project is considering dropping the XOrg session by default in the Fedora Linux 41 Workstation edition featuring the GNOME desktop environment.
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Miracle-WM: New Tiling Wayland Compositor Based on Mir

Fans of tiling window managers like i3, Sway, and Hyprland will be interested to hear there’s a new option in town called Miracle-WM. Created by Canonical engineer Matthew Kosarek, Miracle-WM is notable for being a Wayland compositor that is base…

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elementary OS 8 Enters Early Access, Here’s What’s Planned

Sponsors of elementary OS now have early access to the next major version of the Ubuntu-based desktop Linux operating system. elementary OS 8 is the next major update, following on from this year’s elementary OS 7.x series. It is based on the pac…

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Linux Mint 21.3 “Virginia” Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New

Codenamed “Virginia,” Linux Mint 21.3 features the latest Cinnamon 6.0 desktop environment for its flagship editions, which comes with an experimental Wayland session for those who want their Linux Mint flavor on top of Wayland.
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Chromium Merges Code for Native VA-API Acceleration With Wayland

The latest Chromium browser code has integrated Video Acceleration API (VA-API) support for the Linux Ozone/Wayland platform.
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Fedora-Based Nobara Linux 39 Released, Ditches GNOME in Favor of Plasma

Nobara 39 brings Nvidia driver updates for Wayland compatibility, Gamscope-session improvements, cleaner SteamOS session handling, and more.
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Alacritty 0.13 Released With Enhanced Configurability

From Wayland woes to clipboard quirks, Alacritty 0.13 tackles a slew of bugs, optimizing memory usage and refining the user experience.
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Mozilla Firefox 121 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

The big news for Linux users in Firefox 121 is the enablement of the Wayland compositor by default instead of XWayland. Apart from improving the graphics performance, this also brings support for touchpad and touchscreen gestures, swipe-to-nav, per-mon…

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Lubuntu 24.04 LTS Plans for Snap-Free Minimal Option

Learn about the new minimal snap-free option in Lubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat with additional new features and updates.
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Lubuntu 24.04 LTS to Ship With Optional Wayland Session, Improved Installer

Lubuntu developer Simon Quigley breaks the news today, exclusively for 9to5Linux.com, that the upcoming Lubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) operating system will be shipping with an optional Wayland session for its LXQt desktop offering.
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Weston Composite Server 13.0 Released With OpenGL Rendering

After half a year of development, the Weston project proudly announces the release of version 13.0 of its Wayland composite Server. This milestone introduces features and enhancements that solidify Weston’s commitment to providing a robust foundation f…

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KDE Plasma 6 Unwrapped: 6 Features to Elevate Your Experience

KDE Plasma 6 sounds impressive. With a major version bump, users should expect major changes that improve the out-of-the-box user experience.
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