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kpetrie Registered Member Posts 15 Karma 0	Please keep X11 support Sat Jan 08, 2022 2:40 pm According to https://news.itsfoss.com/kde-2022/ KDE is to "replace the X11 session completely with Wayland" this year. That worries me because I rely on X11 features like ssh-forwarding and cross-user access all the time, and I'm not convinced Wayland will ever operate in that simple client-server manner. If it is true KDE plans to ditch support for X11, please reconsider, otherwise some of us will have to abandon KDE/Plasma and move to something else. First the Cube, now this.
claydoh Registered Member Posts 1170 Karma 9 OS	Re: Please keep X11 support Sat Jan 08, 2022 3:23 pm That article is a bit incorrect. Definitely misquoted what was said. Read the actual source: https://pointieststick.com/2022/01/03/k ... -for-2022/ (emphasis added by me): The Wayland session can completely replace the X11 session This is a bit of a moonshot but I think it’s possible. The list of issues on our “Wayland Showstoppers” wiki page is quite low, and when new ones are added, they’re notably lower in severity than the ones that have already been fixed. And now that NVIDIA has added GBM support to their driver and KWin already supports it, I think life should really start to get better for NVIDIA users, who represent a large chunk of dissatisfied Plasma users and those still unable to use the Wayland session at all. Let’s call this a stretch goal, but I think it’s not impossible! Xorg ain't going away any time soon, and neither is Plasma's or distro-level support for it. claydoh, proud to be a member of KDE forums since 2008-Oct, and KDE user since 2001
kpetrie Registered Member Posts 15 Karma 0	Re: Please keep X11 support Sun Jan 09, 2022 4:31 pm Thanks for clarifying. I had read Nate's blog before I posted and it did look as if he was writing about his own everyday use needs rather than KDE's future policy, but I wanted that confirmed. I appreciate you're not an authority, just another user, but it's good to see others read the blog much as I do. Maybe someone who has real authority within KDE can confirm and we can lay this rumour to rest.
Mamarok Manager Posts 6071 Karma 16 OS	Re: Please keep X11 support Sat Jan 22, 2022 4:27 pm kpetrie wrote:Maybe someone who has real authority within KDE can confirm and we can lay this rumour to rest. Really? Claydoh has as much authority as any other KDE member has. Take his post for accurate, else mail Nate directly if you don't trust us KDE members. Running Kubuntu 22.10 with Plasma 5.26.3, Frameworks 5.100.0, Qt 5.15.6, kernel 5.19.0-23 on Ryzen 5 4600H, AMD Renoir, X11 FWIW: it's always useful to state the exact Plasma version (+ distribution) when asking questions, makes it easier to help ...