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.

  • @[email protected]
    1•1 year ago

    On Debian at least, Wayland is unusable for me. The whole desktop lags and makes it impossible to actually point the mouse. I’m guessing the updated Nvidia drivers fixed this?

    • @lightnegative
      4•1 year ago

      Debian is a spectrum.

      If you mean Debian stable, then yes, try again in 10 years when today’s software versions become available