Fedora Plans to Drop X11 Support in Plasma 6 Completely

Fedora Plans to Drop X11 Support in Plasma 6 Completely

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Bobby Borisov
May 25, 2023

The Fedora KDE Plasma spin will boldly move to go all-in on Wayland, dropping X11 when Plasma 6 comes out. Here’s why.

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