KDE Plasma waves goodbye to X11 for Plasma 6.8
KDE developer David Edmundson has blogged about the upcoming purge of X11, as KDE Plasma moves to a Wayland-only world.
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GNOME 50 released with much improved Parental Controls and lots more
GNOME 50 “Tokyo” is out now as the latest major update to the popular Linux desktop environment, and there's some big new goodies in this one.
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KDE Plasma 6.6.1 rolls out with lots of fixes for KWin
The KDE team have released the latest release for the Plasma desktop, with version 6.6.1 bringing quite a lot of bug fixing.
KDE Plasma 6.6 released with improved accessibility, new on-screen keyboard and lots more
The KDE team have released KDE Plasma 6.6, the latest new feature update to the popular Linux desktop environment with lots of goodies.
System76 plans for COSMIC include Vulkan, HDR, gaming improvements and more
System76 have outlined some of their plans for upcoming upgrades to the new COSMIC desktop, and I have to admit I'm quite excited about what's coming to it.
Xfce is getting a brand-new Wayland compositor called xfwl4
The Xfce desktop environment is expanding with plans afoot for a new Wayland compositor called xfwl4.
KDE Plasma 6.7 will have a global push-to-talk feature
KDE Plasma is set to gain even more useful features with the upcoming Plasma 6.7 release, one especially good for online gaming.
Budgie 10.10 finally makes the Wayland jump as development moves to Budgie 11
Budgie may not be one of the most popular desktop environments on Linux but it is an interesting one, and with Budgie 10.10 it finally migrated to Wayland.
KDE Plasma 6.6 will finally stop the system sleeping when gaming with a controller
Finally! One of the most annoying issues is your system going to sleep while gaming with a controller, and KDE Plasma 6.6 will solve it.
Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS with the COSMIC Desktop Environment is out now
System76 have today finally released Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS with the newly launched COSMIC Desktop Environment.
KDE's 2025 fundraising has been a huge success
Absolutely smashing their goals, the KDE team have managed to have a huge success for the 2025 fundraiser that's currently ongoing.
KDE Plasma going all-in on Wayland and will drop the X11 session completely
It was only a matter of time but it's nearly upon us - KDE Plasma with version 6.8 will be entirely dropping the X11 session to go full Wayland.
KDE Plasma 6.6 to get a great new feature - limit virtual desktops to the primary screen
The work never ends to improve the KDE Plasma desktop environment for Linux, and with Plasma 6.6 a fun new feature is coming to tweak virtual desktops.
KDE Plasma 6.5 is out now with a number of highly-requested features
The next big KDE Plasma release is here with Plasma 6.5 delivering a number of major new features, as the KDE team begin to show a lot more confidence.
KDE's 29th anniversary is here and they need your funding
KDE, the free software community that develops the likes of the KDE Plasma desktop, has turned 29 years old and they're doing a fresh fund-raiser.
System76 COSMIC desktop Beta and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta now available
Two huge bits of news from System76, as they've released a Beta for both the new COSMIC desktop and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS bringing lots of goodies.
GNOME 49 released with new video player, document viewer, improved app store and disabled X11 session
GNOME 49 "Brescia" has been officially released today with improvements big and small across this popular Linux desktop environment.
KDE Plasma 6.5 gains an OEM ready system setup tool and KDE Linux is progressing
The next release of KDE Plasma is due in October and the developers have been working non-stop on some great new features for the popular desktop.
KDE devs disable potentially seizure inducing Plasma effect as accessibility work continues
The KDE developers are working towards making the Plasma desktop environment more accessible, with an essential tweak to the defaults.
KDE Plasma will continue having an X11 session, as Kubuntu switches to Wayland by default
KDE developers confirm Plasma will continue having a maintained X11 session, and now we know Kubuntu will be Wayland by default.