On Sun, 18 Jan 2026, 21:00 Nate Graham, <[email protected]> wrote: > [re-titling subject line to make it a new thread] > > The larger context here is that after decades of service, the world is > moving on from X11. > > It's a trend bigger than KDE, but we're a part of it too: almost no > Plasma developers are still regularly using or developing the X11 > session. Upstream X11 development also largely ended years ago, except > for development of the XWayland compatibility layer. Most distros are > moving on, too, either having already switched to Plasma Wayland by > default, or were already making active plans to do so. > > However, I can appreciate the stress of losing something that from your > perspective is working fine — especially if the successor isn't working > as well for your use cases. > > So now is the time to articulate what's still painful about Wayland for > you *that's not already mentioned on > https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Wayland_Known_Significant_Issues*, > because we have a year or so to address those concerns. And addressing > as many of them as possible is the goal! >
In addition, the Reddit thread linked has a lot of things that are simply not true in Plasma. We have gone to a lot of efforts for compatibility in ways that's aren't true for all desktops. I don't want generic Wayland rants, but things that are actually vetted and relevant to us. David
