KDE turns 30 with Plasma 6.8, but the X11 session isn't invited
REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Plasma 6.8 will also be the first release without an X11 desktop session, a change we warned about last November. Plasma 6.7 still offers the session as an optional installation, but, from 6.8, the desktop itself will run on Wayland. X11 applications will continue to work through XWayland.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Plasma 6.8 will also be the first release without an X11 desktop session, a change we warned about last November.
- ▪Plasma 6.7 still offers the session as an optional installation, but, from 6.8, the desktop itself will run on Wayland.
- ▪X11 applications will continue to work through XWayland.
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| Original publisher | The Register |
| Canonical URL | https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/30/kde-turns-30-with-plasma-68-but-the-x11-session-isnt-invited/5299781 |
| Publication time | Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:15:00 +0200 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-30T09:16:55.815Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-30T09:16:55.815Z |
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); software KDE turns 30 with Plasma 6.8, but the X11 session isn't invited Plus, Klassik recreates the KDE 3 desktop experience on Qt 6 Liam Proven Liam Proven LINUX AND OPEN SOURCE REPORTER Published wed 30 Sep 2026 // 10:15 UTC READ MORE Open source tool distills Jev so you can run it locally 15 hours ago Dutch government turns to NixOS for a sovereign desktop 1 day ago New software dependency validation process increases speeds by 54x 4 days ago Asahi fork embraces LLMs and lands Linux…
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