The discussion is centered on KDE Plasma’s planned transition away from X11, with multiple headlines framing Plasma 6.8 as the likely last X11-supported release. A key data point driving the conversation is that 95% of Plasma 6.6 users are already on Wayland.
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The discussion is centered on KDE Plasma’s planned transition away from X11, with multiple headlines framing Plasma 6.8 as the likely last X11-supported release. A key data point driving the conversation is that 95% of Plasma 6.6 users are already on Wayland.
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KDE developers are sticking to their plans for Plasma 6.8 going Wayland-exclusive in dropping X11 support
In the latest issue of "This Week in Plasma," the KDE team teased a small improvement coming to Plasma 6.8 that will make typing passwords easier, among other changes.
Only two weeks to go.
KDE released Plasma 6.7 Beta 2 this week while the current Plasma 6.6 stable series continues seeing fixes as does Plasma 6.8 for what will be the follow-on feature release to Plasma 6.7.
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Tracking: KDE Plasma 6.8 is still planning to end X11 support, with 95% of Plasma 6.6 users on Wayland
Tracking: KDE Plasma 6.8 Still Planning To End X11 Support, 95% Of Plasma 6.6 Users Are On Wayland
Tracking: Preparing for KDE Plasma's Last X11-Supported Release
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The biggest downside to X11 disappearing is that a lot of remote desktop apps and headless sessions use it. VNC servers, X11 forwarding over SSH, and XRDP all rely on it, and there's no perfect equivalent for them in Wayland. But even that space is slowly shifting over to Wayland, with tools like GNOME Remote Desktop gaining traction and RDP support growing. It's not as straightforward as X11 was, but it's getting there. Most users on KDE Plasma probably aren't going to be doing serious headless remote session work through it anyway, and those who are should be able to find viable alternatives
KDE is finally killing X11, and I'm not as sad as I thought I'd be
