KDE Plasma 5.7 Offers Many Wayland Improvements, but GTK Apps Will Still Use X11 | Linux Today

KDE Plasma 5.7 Offers Many Wayland Improvements, but GTK Apps Will Still Use X11

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Marius Nestor
Jun 23, 2016

Among the new Wayland features coming in KDE Plasma 5.7, we can mention an improved task manager, the implementation of a new virtual keyboard, better input device support, sub-surface support, and, of course, many quality enhancements to make KDE on Wayland support as stable as possible.

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Marius Nestor

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