Neowin News Feed for: Xorg

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...

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...

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...