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People are discussing that KDE Plasma 6.8 plans to end X11 support, and that most existing Plasma 6.6 users are already on Wayland. Multiple headlines frame this as “preparing” for Plasma’s last X11-supported release.

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Key Takeaway KDE Plasma 6.8 is moving toward ending X11 support, with a strong majority of Plasma 6.6 users already on Wayland.
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KDE Plasma 6.8 is moving toward ending X11 support, with a strong majority of Plasma 6.6 users already on Wayland.

People are discussing that KDE Plasma 6.8 plans to end X11 support, and that most existing Plasma 6.6 users are already on Wayland. Multiple headlines frame this as “preparing” for Plasma’s last X11-supported release.

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Top 1 signals · KDE Plasma 6.8 is moving toward ending X11 support
r/linux · 6h ago
KDE Plasma 6.8 is still planning to end X11 support, with 95% of Plasma 6.6 users on Wayland

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blog.davidedmundson.co.uk · 15h ago
Preparing for KDE Plasma's Last X11-Supported Release

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X11 support status Still planning to end X11 support
Plasma user share on Wayland 95% of Plasma 6.6 users
Wayland platform share basis Plasma 6.6 user base

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phoronix.com

KDE Plasma 6.8 Still Planning To End X11 Support, 95% Of Plasma 6.6 Users Are On Wayland

KDE developers are sticking to their plans for Plasma 6.8 going Wayland-exclusive in dropping X11 support

15h ago
xda-developers.com

KDE Plasma 6.7 is on the horizon as a flurry of bug fixes make it in before release

Only two weeks to go.

3d ago Simon Batt
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KDE Plasma 6.8 will notify you when the 'Slow Keys' accessibility feature is turned on

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.

2d ago David Uzondu
phoronix.com

Plasma 6.6, 6.7 & 6.8 See Plenty Of Bug Fixing This Week

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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What about X11-only apps and remote desktop?

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
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