KarnaJun 27, 2024

GNOME 47 Can Now Be Built With X11 Support Disabled

https://lemmy.ml/post/17367278

GNOME 47 Can Now Be Built With X11 Support Disabled - Lemmy

>For those wanting to build a Wayland-only Linux desktop experience without carrying any aging X11 baggage, GNOME 47 will be able to optionally offer Wayland-only support without carrying X11/X.Org support. This Mutter merge request landed today that allows compiling Mutter with X11 support disabled. That landed today along with this GNOME Shell merge request for being able to disable X11 support too.

Show threadboredsquirrel (he)Jun 27, 2024
Laughing in kwin-wayland
Show threadElectroLisaJun 27, 2024
KWin is just a composer though. Plasma as a desktop environment still relies on XWayland
Show threade8d79Jun 27, 2024
How is it relying on XWayland? I don’t know of any KDE Plasma components that require X11. The apps you install might need XWayland but that is separate from the Plasma desktop.
Show threadElectroLisaJun 28, 2024

Uninstalling Xwayland breaks it, you’re greeted to a black background and your mouse pointer.

Additionally, as per their own website, it says “The workspaces have been developed for X11 and much functionality relies on X11. To be able to make proper use of Wayland these bits have to be rewritten.”

KWin/Wayland - KDE Community Wiki

Show threadboredsquirrel (he)

Interesting on what distro and when did you try that?

I didnt know that it relied on XWayland but that seems outdated anyways

Jun 28, 2024 at 11:44amWeb
Show threadElectroLisaJun 28, 2024
Arch, roughly 2 months ago
Show threadboredsquirrel (he)Jun 28, 2024
Plasma 6?