⚙️ KDE Plasma 6.4.4 Desktop Environment Released • Linuxiac
https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-4-4-desktop-environment-released/
jbz
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⚙️ Plasma 6.4 review - A worrying trend • Dedoimedo
｢ Overall, Plasma is nice and fast. Version 6.4 ain't no exception. But this version brings numerous ergonomic regressions, forcing you to waste time that you previously didn't need to, it hides important things in the name of who knows what ｣
⚙️ Plasma 6.4 review - A worrying trend • Dedoimedo
｢ Overall, Plasma is nice and fast. Version 6.4 ain't no exception. But this version brings numerous ergonomic regressions, forcing you to waste time that you previously didn't need to, it hides important things in the name of who knows what ｣
Found some motivation to revisit my zero dep Wayland compositor I started working on last Summer.
Made a number of performance improvements, and fixed a fair number of layout /interaction issues related to popups/sub-compositing so now firefox interaction is much better.
Also added multi-workspace and a debug console and started to link up logs/tracing into that.
Next steps: more debug console options, more performance work and then custom configuration/key binds/layouts.
A screen capture of the nyctal compositor showing firefox and a pdf reader windows being interacted with and moved around
Stefano Marinelli
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✨ Wayland Will Never Be Ready ✨
The full article titled, "Wayland Will Never Be Ready For Every X11 User" is one of my favorite writings on the topic. Well done Maya Posch, well done indeed.
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/28/wayland-will-never-be-ready-for-every-x11-user/
✨ Wayland Will Never Be Ready ✨
The full article titled, "Wayland Will Never Be Ready For Every X11 User" is one of my favorite writings on the topic. Well done Maya Posch, well done indeed.
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/28/wayland-will-never-be-ready-for-every-x11-user/
alcinnz
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dwl - dwm for Wayland
A hackable (~3200 line single .c file implementation) compositor for Wayland based on wlroots.
dwl - dwm for Wayland
A hackable (~3200 line single .c file implementation) compositor for Wayland based on wlroots.
¡Abbie!
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Mwm: an X11 window manager in 20 lines of code
Is KDE too much for you? GNOME tries to do too much? Xfce still a bit too fancy? Do you need something smaller? Even more minimalist? What about a mere 20 lines of code which provide the absolute barest possible minimum of window management functionality?
You need mwm.
This is the smallest, actually usable window manager I know about. Ev
https://www.osnews.com/story/142853/mwm-an-x11-window-manager-in-20-lines-of-code/
Mwm: an X11 window manager in 20 lines of code
Is KDE too much for you? GNOME tries to do too much? Xfce still a bit too fancy? Do you need something smaller? Even more minimalist? What about a mere 20 lines of code which provide the absolute barest possible minimum of window management functionality?
You need mwm.
This is the smallest, actually usable window manager I know about. Ev
https://www.osnews.com/story/142853/mwm-an-x11-window-manager-in-20-lines-of-code/
alcinnz
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@nanook@friendica.eskimo.com are you saying that X11 forwarding like function is impossible for #Wayland? I now feel lucky I didn't convert
@nanook@friendica.eskimo.com are you saying that X11 forwarding like function is impossible for #Wayland? I now feel lucky I didn't convert
¡Abbie!
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Two weeks of Wayback: first alpha release in a few weeks
Alpine Linux maintainer Ariadne Conill only started working on Wayback a few weeks ago, but in a blog post today they dive into a few more details about how much progress has already been achieved. To refresh your memory, Wayback allows you to run a legacy X11-based desktop environment on top of Wayland by running a stub Way
https://www.osnews.com/story/142730/two-weeks-of-wayback-first-alpha-release-in-a-few-weeks/
Two weeks of Wayback: first alpha release in a few weeks
Alpine Linux maintainer Ariadne Conill only started working on Wayback a few weeks ago, but in a blog post today they dive into a few more details about how much progress has already been achieved. To refresh your memory, Wayback allows you to run a legacy X11-based desktop environment on top of Wayland by running a stub Way
https://www.osnews.com/story/142730/two-weeks-of-wayback-first-alpha-release-in-a-few-weeks/
Charly Coste 🇫🇷
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Whoa: Weston, the reference compositor for #Wayland, supports multiple physical independent mice at the same time! 😀
"New mouse, who dis?"
(I'll write up how to do this later!)
Two mouse cursors (that look like turtles) play with terminal windows. They can move them independently of each other!
🐧 Wayback Hopes To Be Ready Next Year With Alpine Linux Planning To Use It By Default • Phoronix