Preparing for KDE Plasma's Last X11-Supported Release
The KDE project has announced that the upcoming Plasma 6.8 release will officially remove support for X11 sessions. The desktop environment will transition exclusively to Wayland, citing the need to eliminate conflicting code paths and improve performance.
Why it matters
This marks a significant milestone in the Linux desktop ecosystem, signaling the end of the long-standing X11 display server's dominance in favor of the more modern Wayland protocol.
When we first announced the transition to Plasma Wayland, one of Martin's slides from stated, "It's done when it's done!"
The article reports on a technical project roadmap change without political or ideological framing.
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