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KDE's Plasma 6.8 to Go Wayland-Only by 2027

11/29/2025

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The KDE project announced Plasma 6.8 will drop X11 and go Wayland-only by early 2027.
Most users have already adopted Wayland, reducing the change's impact.
X11 can still be used via AlmaLinux 9 long-term support (LTS), which will support X11 until 2032, or with Xwayland.
The move aims to improve stability and functionality as Fedora and Ubuntu also shift to Wayland.

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The KDE project announced Plasma 6.8 will drop X11 and go Wayland-only by early 2027.
Most users have already adopted Wayland, reducing the change's impact.
X11 can still be used via AlmaLinux 9 long-term support (LTS), which will support X11 until 2032, or with Xwayland.
The move aims to improve stability and functionality as Fedora and Ubuntu also shift to Wayland.