Hey everyone! Over the last few months I've been working on a lot of accessibility focused projects to do with Wayland, because a lot of the gaps just weren't getting filled. I've created an accessible waybar alternative, notification daemon, clipboard history manager, accessibility first greeter for greetd, and a lot more. Each one is designed with screen reader accessibility first, visual stuff later. You can find them here: https://github.com/destructatron
#accessibility #a11y #linux #wayland #opensource

📢 Budgie Desktop 10.10.1 Released With Better Wayland Support

｢ Budgie Desktop 10.10.1 has been released as the first maintenance update in the 10.10 series. The desktop now relies on a new shared static library that centralizes screen and monitor handling logic, adds rate smoothing, and introduces additional safety checks ｣

https://linuxiac.com/budgie-desktop-10-10-1-released-with-better-wayland-support/

#Budgie #wayland #opensource

@dcz ∆ #fedihire #Rust #Wayland

Good talk BTW!

Slides from my #wayland input method presentation are up now!

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/MVVELP-wayland_input_method_wrap_up/

I'm impressed by the new activity on input methods! Is that the usual post-talk excitement, or will things switch to a new gear?
We'll know in a week or so. Thank you all anyway :)

#FOSDEM #fosdem2025 #fosdem26

Hey everyone! Over the last few months I've been working on a lot of accessibility focused projects to do with Wayland, because a lot of the gaps just weren't getting filled. I've created an accessible waybar alternative, notification daemon, clipboard history manager, accessibility first greeter for greetd, and a lot more. Each one is designed with screen reader accessibility first, visual stuff later. You can find them here: https://github.com/destructatron
#accessibility #a11y #linux #wayland #opensource

Just thought I'd retoot a handy link for those thinking about trying #Wayland as it lists a lot of Wayland tools and compositors old and new.

https://github.com/rcalixte/awesome-wayland

A discussion that started with GNU/Linux vs Linux
expanded into sudo vs doas, X11 vs Wayland, and how
system design choices age over time.

I already had notes on dwm, st, and X11 usage, and
this thread was the motivation to turn them into a
short, standalone document about the trade-offs
around scope, ecosystem complexity, and sustainability.

Original thread:
https://swiss.social/@LukePhilipps/115973122695310819

Document:
https://git.sr.ht/~r1w1s1/code-notes/blob/main/notes/Understanding_Wayland_X11_and_Minimalism.txt

Blog:
https://4c6e.xyz/

#Unix #Linux #BSD #Wayland #X11 #SystemDesign #Minimalism

A discussion that started with GNU/Linux vs Linux
expanded into sudo vs doas, X11 vs Wayland, and how
system design choices age over time.

I already had notes on dwm, st, and X11 usage, and
this thread was the motivation to turn them into a
short, standalone document about the trade-offs
around scope, ecosystem complexity, and sustainability.

Original thread:
https://swiss.social/@LukePhilipps/115973122695310819

Document:
https://git.sr.ht/~r1w1s1/code-notes/blob/main/notes/Understanding_Wayland_X11_and_Minimalism.txt

Blog:
https://4c6e.xyz/

#Unix #Linux #BSD #Wayland #X11 #SystemDesign #Minimalism

https://www.phoronix.com/news/TigerVNC-1.16

#tigervnc #vnc #wayland #opensource

https://linuxiac.com/xfce-begins-work-on-xfwl4-a-rust-based-wayland-compositor/

#xfce #wayland #opensource

#Guix version 1.5.0 released just in time for #FOSDEM

If it's your year of the #Linux #desktop then this release has #KDE #Plasma 6.5. If you're more into #GTK there's #GNOME 46 which defaults to #wayland

Of course there's lots of other desktop window managers and applications in Guix.

More than 12,500 packages were added, keeping Guix in the top-ten biggest distributions according to Repology!

Read the release blog post:

https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2026/gnu-guix-1.5.0-released/

#Guix version 1.5.0 released just in time for #FOSDEM

If it's your year of the #Linux #desktop then this release has #KDE #Plasma 6.5. If you're more into #GTK there's #GNOME 46 which defaults to #wayland

Of course there's lots of other desktop window managers and applications in Guix.

More than 12,500 packages were added, keeping Guix in the top-ten biggest distributions according to Repology!

Read the release blog post:

https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2026/gnu-guix-1.5.0-released/

On the list of "is it dead and unmaintained?" concerns, the #sway window manager for #Wayland isn't looking healthy either 💔

It works great for me still, but I'm starting to worry a bit.

Is there another tiling WM for Wayland I should look at? Maybe #Hyprland?

(Though I recall there was some drama around it ...?)

State of Accessibility on Linux, 2026:

Users: Wayland broke accessibility.

Wayland: Not our problem, talk to the compositor.

KDE & Gnome: Expose what we need for accessibility, plz?

Wayland: Security risk. No.

Factorio dev: This compromise?

Wayland: Ok, fine...

Also Wayland: Actually, no.

User: *researches how to grow new eyeballs* It'll be solved faster.

#linux #accessibility #wayland

State of Accessibility on Linux, 2026:

Users: Wayland broke accessibility.

Wayland: Not our problem, talk to the compositor.

KDE & Gnome: Expose what we need for accessibility, plz?

Wayland: Security risk. No.

Factorio dev: This compromise?

Wayland: Ok, fine...

Also Wayland: Actually, no.

User: *researches how to grow new eyeballs* It'll be solved faster.

#linux #accessibility #wayland

Linuxeros del fedivers, petita enquesta: heu sentit a parlar de XLibre? Feu servir Xorg o Wayland? Esteu al tanto del drama de RedHat i FreeDesktop amb l'abandó (assassinat?) de Xorg? Com ho veieu?

#linux #xorg #xlibre #freedesktop #redhat #wayland

@SanskritFritz I can say that the #Termux/PRoot/VNC approach works but for average users this one seems to be a better fit.

I looked in more detail. It is a rewrite (previously Kotlin + C++). They write the app in #Rust and use #Wayland and #PRoot. PRoot can be a show stopper since some Android kernels have no system calls to support it. Besides #XFCE, #KDE, #GNOME and more are being worked on.
It is ARM64-v8a only but https://localdesktop.github.io/docs/developer/build-for-unofficially-supported-platform

Edit:
how-it-works: https://localdesktop.github.io/docs/developer/how-it-works

@SanskritFritz That is true. However, this app makes it really really easy to install a Linux (Arch) with a desktop enviromnent (XFCE by default). Starting it means just to start the app and it enters a full screen linux. It seems pretty fast. Methinks, it uses #Wayland.