Neowin News Feed for: X11

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Firefox 84 launches with support for Apple Silicon CPUs

Paul Hill — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 22:58:01 +0000

Mozilla has released Firefox 84. It brings WebRender to more systems including some Linux computers, it's the last version to support Adobe Flash and it now supports Apple Silicon CPUs natively. 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...