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GNOME Merge Requests Opened That Would Drop X.Org Session Support (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 1 year ago by pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.ndlug.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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A set of merge requests were opened that would effectively drop X.Org (X11) session support for the GNOME desktop and once that code is removed making it a Wayland-only desktop environment.

Going along with Fedora 40 looking to disable the GNOME X11 session support (and also making KDE Plasma 6 Wayland-only for Fedora), upstream GNOME is evaluating the prospect of disabling and then removing their X11 session support.

Some concerns were raised already how this could impact downstream desktops like Budgie and Pantheon that haven't yet fully transitioned over to Wayland. In any event we'll see where the discussions lead but it's sure looking like 2024 will be the year that GNOME goes Wayland-only.

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[–] echo64@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like you don't agree that

"volunteers shouldn't have to maintain legacy just because a private company doesn’t have their shit together"

you think they should, to avoid pushing people away.

[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

I'm just saying that it doesn't matter whether we agree or not. If the choice is made to drop X support and Nvidia doesn't fix Wayland, a lot of people will end up in a mess when trying Linux for the first time and might turn back to Windows/Mac. I agree that no volunteer should do anything they don't want to do. But in the world we live in that does mean we have a problem