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GNOME 47 Can Now Be Built With X11 Support Disabled
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this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2024
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KWin is just a composer though. Plasma as a desktop environment still relies on XWayland
How is it relying on XWayland? I don't know of any KDE Plasma components that require X11. The apps you install might need XWayland but that is separate from the Plasma desktop.
Uninstalling Xwayland breaks it, you're greeted to a black background and your mouse pointer.
Additionally, as per their own website, it says "The workspaces have been developed for X11 and much functionality relies on X11. To be able to make proper use of Wayland these bits have to be rewritten."
The article you posted is outdated. The last change was in 2022 and most sections are even older. Plasma 6 has full Wayland support.
This article cites sources from 2015...
Yeah, that hasn't been true for a loooong time
Interesting on what distro and when did you try that?
I didnt know that it relied on XWayland but that seems outdated anyways
Arch, roughly 2 months ago
Plasma 6?
Yeah. xwayland isn't gonna die ever probably, so there's no rush.
Plasma 6?