Subj : KDE Plasma 6.8 will be Wayland-only
To   : All
From : LWN.net
Date : Wed Nov 26 2025 17:00:09

KDE Plasma 6.8 will be Wayland-only

Date:
Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:49:45 +0000

Description:
KDE's Plasma team has announced that KDE Plasma will drop X11 session support 
with Plasma6.8: The Plasma X11 session will be supported by KDE into early
2027. We cannot provide a specific date, as we're exploring the
possibility of shipping some extra bug-fix releases for Plasma
6.7. The exact timing of the last one will only be known when we get
closer to its actual release, which we expect will be sometime in
early 2027. What if I still really need X11? This is a perfect use case for 
long term support (LTS)
distributions shipping older versions of Plasma. For example,
AlmaLinux 9 includes the Plasma X11 session and will be supported
until sometime in 2032. See the blog post for information on running X11 
applications
(still supported), accessibility, gaming, and more.

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Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/1048208/


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