this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2025
138 points (99.3% liked)

Linux

10022 readers
485 users here now

A community for everything relating to the GNU/Linux operating system (except the memes!)

Also, check out:

Original icon base courtesy of lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The GIMP

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Ategon@programming.dev
anzo@programming.dev
dwraf_of_ignorance@programming.dev
138
GNOME 50 Ends the X11 Era After Decades (linuxiac.com)
submitted 21 hours ago by cm0002@toast.ooo to c/linux@programming.dev
37 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Although Wayland has been GNOME’s default session since 2016, X11 has continued to linger in the codebase—until now. That changed with the recent merging of two PRs (here and here), which completely removed the X11 codebase from both Mutter, GNOME’s default window manager and compositor, as well as the GNOME Shell itself.

In other words, the GNOME project is finally closing one of the longest chapters in Linux desktop history. With the upcoming GNOME 50 release, scheduled for mid-march 2026, the desktop environment will officially drop support for the native X11 session, making Wayland the sole display system moving forward.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] hallettj@leminal.space 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

In the earlier days of Wayland I was not able to reproduce the custom keyboard mappings that I set up with xkb. Xkb worked, but only in windows running under Xwayland. I know the common xkb presets, like changing caps lock to a control key, are reproduced in Wayland implementations. I had really custom mappings that required more general remapping capability.

I fixed my setup by building a keyboard with a microcontroller that I can program with ZMK. It's a better setup, although it did take more time, effort, and money. The bottom line is I'm enthusiastic about Wayland, even though I had to find another way to reproduce one of my favorite features.

[–] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Kanata does this and more

[–] hallettj@leminal.space 4 points 16 hours ago

Oh, kanata looks great! Good to know!