Neowin News Feed for: Wayland

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon is now available with Linux 7.0 and native CUDA

Paul Hill — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 01:38:02 +0000

The Resolute Raccoon has arrived as Ubuntu's 11th LTS release. Discover how the shift to Linux 7.0 and native AI toolkits transforms performance on the latest Intel and NVIDIA hardware. Read more...

Why GNOME no longer supports accessing Google Drive files through the Nautilus sidebar

David Uzondu — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 04:44:01 +0000

GNOME 50 comes with a lot of goodies, like improved NVIDIA performance and enhanced parental controls, but the popular Google Drive integration in Nautilus has been removed. Read more...

KDE has implemented the new Wayland session restore protocol

David Uzondu — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:16:01 +0000

The latest issue of KDE's "This Week in Plasma" outlines changes coming to Plasma 6.7, Plasma 6.6.4, and more. Read more...

JetBrains releases WebStorm 2026.1 with TypeScript 6 support and Wayland by default on Linux

David Uzondu — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:34:01 +0000

JetBrains' popular web development IDE, WebStorm, has received its 2026.1 update, bringing several improvements, including support for TypeScript 6, Svelte, and more. Read more...

JetBrains drops X11 for Wayland as default in IntelliJ-based IDEs

David Uzondu — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:34:01 +0000

As the industry moves toward a Wayland-first future, JetBrains has announced that Wayland will be the default display server in future IntelliJ-based IDEs. Read more...

CachyOS newest release drops X11 for Wayland in Live ISOs

David Uzondu — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 20:32:02 +0000

CachyOS's first release of the year is out, with the Plasma Login Manager replacing SDDM in Plasma environments and Wayland replacing X11, among other changes. Read more...

Elementary OS 8.1 arrives with Linux 6.14 kernel and smoother multitasking

Paul Hill — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:24:01 +0000

The elementary OS 8.1 update introduces Wayland as the default session, better gaming via Linux 6.14, and refined accessibility features. Read more...

KDE Plasma 6.5 beta is out bringing KNightTime module, Wayland PiP support, and more

David Uzondu — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 16:44:01 +0000

With the October 21 release date on the horizon, the KDE team has rolled out the Plasma 6.5 beta, introducing a range of improvements such as Wayland PiP support. Read more...

Linux Mint 22.3 release will be a short cycle, immediate focus is LMDE 7

Paul Hill — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 15:42:01 +0000

The Linux Mint team is focused on LMDE 7, with a beta set to arrive this month. Afterwards, it'll prepare to release Linux Mint 22.3 in December. Read more...

Miracle-WM 0.7 completes Sway/IPC compatibility, brings new features and bug fixes

David Uzondu — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 18:43:52 +0000

Miracle-WM 0.7 has been released with the usual round of bug fixes and improvements, plus completed Sway/IPC compatibility for now. Read more...

Linux Mint 22.2 'Zara' now available, here's everything that's new

Usama Jawad — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 14:16:01 +0000

Linux Mint 22.2, codename "Zara", is now officially available with lots of improvements including native fingerprint authentication and theming enhancements. Read more...

KDE Plasma prepares crackdown on focus-stealing window behavior under Wayland

David Uzondu — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:20:02 +0000

KDE Plasma on Wayland is tightening its grip on focus stealing, with developers preparing the system for stricter enforcement. Read more...

Blender 4.5 LTS brings bad news for Intel Mac users, improves Vulkan support

David Uzondu — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 03:42:01 +0000

Blender 4.5 LTS is now available for download, packed with new features, enhancements, and a few deprecations. Read more...

GNOME 49 Alpha is out now, bringing a change that X11 fans may find disappointing

David Uzondu — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 17:40:01 +0000

GNOME 49 Alpha has been released, with new applications replacing older ones and changes to the display server protocol that X11 fans may not be happy about. Read more...

KDE is fixing blurry screens by snapping almost-1x scale factors back to 1x on Wayland

David Uzondu — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 08:36:01 +0000

The KDE team just dropped their weekly update, with bug fixes for Plasma 6.4.2, upcoming scaling tweaks in 6.4.3, and a bunch more improvements. Read more...

KDE's KClock is getting Wayland Picture-In-Picture support

David Uzondu — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:12:01 +0000

KClock on KDE could soon get support for the Wayland picture-in-picture protocol, allowing features like pop-out timers and more. Read more...

End of an era? Kubuntu is removing default support for X11 in new installs

David Uzondu — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 22:04:01 +0000

The Linux world is slowly moving away from X11 and leaning into Wayland. Kubuntu is now the latest distro to drop default support for X11 in new installs. Read more...

KDE brings Wayland PiP to Plasma 6.5, adds finishing touches to 6.4 as release nears

David Uzondu — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 07:26:01 +0000

In the latest "This Week in Plasma", the KDE team outlined key updates coming to Plasma 6.4 and 6.5, including critical bug fixes and new features like Wayland Picture-in-Picture. Read more...

Fedora 43 GNOME desktop to remove support for X11 sessions

Paul Hill — Wed, 21 May 2025 06:20:02 +0000

The Fedora project has decided to retire X11 sessions for the GNOME version in Fedora 43 in favor of Wayland. Read more...

Regex file search, better Wayland on Cinnamon & more are coming to Linux Mint in the future

David Uzondu — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 05:08:01 +0000

The Linux Mint team has shared their work from March 2025, revealing features for upcoming Mint releases. Read more...

New Raspberry Pi OS version makes full switch to Wayland

Paul Hill — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 01:04:01 +0000

There is a new version of Raspberry Pi OS out now which comes with a new compositor to bring Wayland to all Raspberry Pi models. Read more...

Canonical upgrades gdm3 package so Ubuntu 24.10 users with Nvidia chips default to Wayland

Paul Hill — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 07:08:01 +0000

Ubuntu 24.10 has received a patch to the gdm3 package so that Nvidia users default to the Wayland display server. Wayland is a modern display server that boasts better security over X11. Read more...

Ubuntu 24.10 will use Wayland by default for Nvidia users and have better TPM FDE support

Paul Hill — Sat, 18 May 2024 05:20:01 +0000

Canonical has shared some of the new features it plans to introduce with Ubuntu 24.10, due in October. A big change is that Nvidia users will now begin using Wayland out of the box. Read more...

Wine 8.4 released with initial native support for Wayland

Paul Hill — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 23:06:02 +0000

Wine 8.4 is now available for Linux systems. This is a small update mainly focused on clean-ups and fixes but it also includes initial native support for Wayland, though, end users don't benefit much. Read more...

Tails 5.8 now available with much improved Persistent Storage

Paul Hill — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 17:34:01 +0000

The Tails Project has released Tails 5.8, one of the biggest Tails updates ever. It includes a better Persistent Storage tool that eliminates restarts and Wayland has become the display server. Read more...

Ubuntu 21.04 will use Wayland display server by default

Paul Hill — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 19:44:01 +0000

Canonical has announced that Ubuntu 21.04 will ship with the Wayland display server as default. This will give the software a year to mature before Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is released for production PCs. Read more...

GIMP 2.99.2 released with GTK 3 UI and Wayland support

Paul Hill — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 21:36:01 +0000

The team behind GIMP has released a new development version of the image editor which it describes as the first step to GIMP 3. It includes a GTK 3 UI, render caching, Wayland support, and more. Read more...

Debian 10.1 scheduled for September release, later than usual for first point release

Paul Hill — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 11:06:01 +0000

Debian 10.1 and Debian 9.10 have been scheduled for a point release. The first point release is usually pushed after one month but Debian 10.1 is untypical and will take two months. Read more...

Ubuntu 18.04 will revert to long-in-the-tooth Xorg

Paul Hill — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 07:14:01 +0000

Canonical has made the decision to revert back to the Xorg display server in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, citing stability concerns. The company plans to continue testing and working on Wayland to improve it. Read more...

Year-old Fedora 25 reaches end of life deadline

Paul Hill — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 04:20:02 +0000

Fedora 25, which launched over one year ago with the new Wayland display server, has now reached end-of-life meaning it'll no longer be updated. You should now upgrade to a newer version of Fedora. Read more...

Debian 10 development builds switch to Wayland

Paul Hill — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 00:36:01 +0000

Debian 10 "Buster", due for release in 2019, will likely ship with the new window manager, Wayland, but will also come with X11 as a fallback in case people's hardware doesn't support it. Read more...

Wayland display server will be on by default in Ubuntu 17.10

Paul Hill — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 14:30:02 +0000

Canonical's Didier Roche has confirmed that the Wayland display server will become the default, replacing Xorg, in Ubuntu 17.10 due for release in October. Xorg will still be installed too. Read more...

2017 will be the year of the Linux desktop... for GNOME on Ubuntu

Paul Hill — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:04:01 +0000

Ubuntu 17.10 is shaping up to be a big upgrade, unlike 17.04. The release is now expected to ship with GNOME, Wayland, and possibly GDM. Unity 8, and Upstart will also be booted from the repos. Read more...

Fedora 25 released features Wayland debut

Paul Hill — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 21:38:01 +0000

The Fedora Project has taken the wraps off of Fedora 25. The new release debuts with the Wayland display server and GNOME has been upgraded to 3.22 which includes several improvements. Read more...