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

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Post by mikece » Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 3:44 PM UTC

Re: KDE Plasma 6.8 Will Go Wayland-Exclusive in Dropping X11 Session Support

#2

Post by account42 » Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 4:04 PM UTC

Maybe they should get it to work well on Wayland first.

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Post by jeroenhd » Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 4:04 PM UTC

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Post by artisin » Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 4:07 PM UTC

As an X11 holdout, my time seems nigh.

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Post by lousken » Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 4:07 PM UTC

Wtf? This was supposed to happen with Plasma 7, or did I miss a memo?

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Post by deaddodo » Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 4:09 PM UTC

artisin wrote: post #4

As an X11 holdout, my time seems nigh.

You still have XFCE.

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Post by deaddodo » Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 4:09 PM UTC

lousken wrote: post #5

Wtf? This was supposed to happen with Plasma 7, or did I miss a memo?

This is the memo.

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Post by lousken » Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 4:11 PM UTC

deaddodo wrote: post #7

lousken wrote: post #5

Wtf? This was supposed to happen with Plasma 7, or did I miss a memo?

This is the memo.

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Post by DonHopkins » Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 4:12 PM UTC

artisin wrote: post #4

As an X11 holdout, my time seems nigh.

You're at a fork in the road. Do you chose Y11 or X12?

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Post by c-hendricks » Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 4:12 PM UTC

TBH I thought they already did. Plasma's X support is a separate package now on Arch at least.