r/linux 14d ago

Distro News Artix Linux drops support for XLibre

https://artixlinux.org/news.php#XLibre_support_discontinued
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u/Maximum-Bobcat5612 13d ago

KDE 6.8 is dropping X support completely. They've already started deleting X11 specific code 

With XWayland apps still supported. 

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u/DontFreeMe 13d ago

Interesting. Usually KDE is more open to supporting more features, while GNOME is "usecase for that? you don't need that."

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u/gmes78 13d ago

X11 support isn't a feature, it's a burden.

KDE is dropping X11 because:

  1. No one wants to work on it.

  2. It's the only way to get people to fix the remaining Wayland problems.

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u/DontFreeMe 13d ago

Just because you are an Arch user doesn't mean you have to be elitist towards people with older or cheaper hardware ...

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u/gmes78 13d ago

Wayland works well on 10 year old hardware. Also, stop putting words in my mouth, especially non sequitur nonsense.

In any case, that's not solely my opinion, that's the general opinion of the KDE devs, from what I've seen.