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📰 Archinstall 4.2 Shifts to Wayland-First Profiles, Leaving X.Org Behind by George WhittakerThe Arch Linux installer continues evolving alongside the broader Linux desktop ecosystem. With the release of Archinstall 4.2, a notable change has arrived: Wayland is now the default focus for graphical installation profiles, while traditional X.Org-based profiles have been removed or deprioritized. 🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/archinstall-42-shifts-wayland-first-profiles-leaving-xorg-behind #arch#linux#wayland

📰WayVNC 0.10 Released For Advancing This Leading VNC Server For Wayland WayVNC 0.10 is out today as the newest feature release for this VNC server that works with Wayland compositors leveraging the wlroots library... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/WayVNC-0.10-Released #wayland

📰 Niri 26.04 Brings Long-Awaited Blur Support to the Wayland Compositor Niri 26.04 scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor adds long-awaited blur support, improved screencasting, faster rendering, and more. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/niri-26-04-brings-long-awaited-blur-support-to-the-wayland-compositor/ #wayland

📰 Godot 4.7 Will Finally Have HDR Output, Including On Linux With Wayland The upcoming Godor 4.7 open-source, cross-platform game engine release is rolling out support for high dynamic range (HDR)... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Godot-4.7-With-HDR #linux#opensource#wayland

📰 Archinstall 4.2 Shifts to Wayland-First Profiles, Leaving X.Org Behind by George WhittakerThe Arch Linux installer continues evolving alongside the broader Linux desktop ecosystem. With the release of Archinstall 4.2, a notable change has arrived: Wayland is now the default focus for graphical installation profiles, while traditional X.Org-based profiles have been removed or deprioritized. 🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/archinstall-42-shifts-wayland-first-profiles-leaving-xorg-behind #arch#linux#wayland

📰 VirtualBox 7.2.8 Released With Linux Kernel 7.0 Support and Wayland Fixes VirtualBox 7.2.8 is out with Linux 6.19 and 7.0 host support, Wayland fixes, Windows 11 improvements, and updated Guest Additions. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/virtualbox-7-2-8-released-with-linux-kernel-7-0-support/ #kernel#linux#wayland

📰 LXQt 2.4 Released With More Wayland Fixes/Improvements The LXQt 2.4 desktop released today for joining the modern open-source desktop party alongside the likes of the recently debuted GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, and others... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/LXQt-2.4-Released #gnome#kde#opensource#plasma#wayland

📰 KDE Plasma 6.7 Ready With Wayland Session Management, Other New Improvements KDE Plasma 6.7 enjoyed a lot of recent feature development work thanks to a developer sprint in Graz, Austria. Also because of that developer sprint, This Week In Plasma wasn't published last week and so in turn a new issue is now available to highlight the changes over the past two weeks... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.7-Session #kde#plasma#wayland

📰 Mir 2.26 Begins Working On Rust-Based Input Platform Canonical today released Mir 2.26 as the newest feature release for this compositor for building Wayland-based shells. Notable with Mir 2.26 is a Rust-based input platform is in development as part of their broader effort for bringing Rust code into Mir... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mir-2.26-Released #wayland

📰 Cage 0.3 Released With New Wayland Protocol Support Cage as the Wayland compositor providing a kiosk mode for single, maximized apps is out with a new feature release more than six months after its prior version... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Cage-0.3-Released #wayland

📰 Debian 13 Stable Users Can Now Install Hyprland from Backports Hyprland arrives in Debian 13 (Trixie) backports, giving stable users an official way to install the dynamic Wayland compositor. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/debian-13-stable-users-can-now-install-hyprland-from-backports/ #debian#wayland

📰Miracle-WM 0.9 Makes This Mir-Based Wayland Compositor Truly Hackable Miracle-WM 0.9 brings WebAssembly plugins, a new Rust API, cursor theme support, and faster performance for this Mir-based Wayland compositor. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/miracle-wm-0-9-makes-this-mir-based-wayland-compositor-truly-hackable/ #wayland