Going all-in on a Wayland future
blogs.kde.org
Well folks, it’s the beginning of a new era: after nearly three decades of KDE desktop environments running on X11, the future KDE Plasma 6.8 release will be Wayland-exclusive! Support for X11 applications will be fully entrusted to Xwayland, and the Plasma X11 session will no longer be included.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39342270

Well folks, it’s the beginning of a new era: after nearly three decades of KDE desktop environments running on X11, the future KDE Plasma 6.8 release will be Wayland-exclusive! Support for X11 applications will be fully entrusted to Xwayland, and the Plasma X11 session will no longer be included.

  • makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml
    9·
    4 months ago

    I use Talon voice. It’s software that let’s me use the pc still, due to write severe RSI.

    However, Wayland doesn’t allow a lot of functionality that tools like this need.

    Therefore, anyone who requires a tool similar to Talon, needs X11.

    KDE is out.

    • Domi@lemmy.secnd.me
      7·
      4 months ago

      2027/2032 is still some time away.

      However, accessibility features provided by third-party applications may be worse in some aspects. Please open a bug report if you have any special requirements that we don’t cover yet! This is an active topic we’re very interested in improving.

      Let them know what you need.

    • mononoke@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      Accessibility is a huge blindspot in all of these conversations. The tools that work with Wayland are not up to parity with what works in X. Until that is the case I see no reason to switch.