Category: Wayland
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How Explicit Sync Could Be the Solution to NVIDIA/Wayland Issues: A Developer’s Explanation
If you’ve ever questioned why NVIDIA GPU issues on Wayland affect some Linux users but not you, the recent writings of KDE developer Xaver Hugl can shine some light. He offers an insightful blog post explaining how the explicit sync protocol will level the playing field for all. You may have noted the news about…
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Possible Removal of XOrg Session in Fedora 41 Workstation: A Fedora Project Update
The Fedora Project is contemplating eliminating the XOrg (X11) session as a default from the Fedora Linux 41 release, scheduled for later this year, in its primary Fedora Linux Workstation edition that features the GNOME desktop. Having decided to exclude the XOrg session for Fedora’s KDE Spin in the forthcoming Fedora Linux 40 release, which…
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Introducing Miracle-WM: A New Tiling Wayland Compositor Built on Mir
Fans of tiling window managers like i3, Sway, and Hyprland should take note of a new option named Miracle-WM. Created by Canonical engineer Matthew Kosarek, Miracle-WM is a Wayland compositor that finds its roots in Mir. For those with a long memory, Mir started as an X replacement. The intention was for it to become…
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Elementary OS 8 Enters Early Access: A Sneak Peek into the Planned Features
Sponsors of elementary OS now have early access to the next major version of the Ubuntu-based desktop Linux operating system. elementary OS 8 is the next major update, following on from this year’s elementary OS 7.x series. It is based on the packages from the Ubuntu 24.04 repositories, but as that release isn’t out until…
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Now Available: Download the Latest Linux Mint 21.3 Beta with Cinnamon 6.0
After confirming that the beta version of Linux Mint 21.3 will be coming this week, the Linux Mint team has now published the ISO images of all three Linux Mint editions, which can be downloaded right now. Linux Mint 21.3 is codenamed “Virginia” and it’s planned for release on Christmas 2023. The beta version is…
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Mozilla Firefox 121: Default Enablement of Wayland Support on Linux Announced
With the release of Firefox 120 hitting the stable software repositories of various popular GNU/Linux distributions, Mozilla has now promoted the Firefox 121 release to the beta change for public testing, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements. Since we’re gearing up for the year of the Wayland desktop,…
