KDE developers are sticking to their plans for [1]Plasma 6.8 going Wayland-exclusive in dropping X11 support. Meanwhile it turns out 95% of current Plasma 6.6 users are running already on Wayland.

KDE developer David Edmundson authored a blog pot today outlining the latest preparations for Plasma's last X11-supported release with Plasma 6.7. With Plasma 6.8 later in the year, the Plasma X11 session support will be removed and a mass clean-up of X11-specific code can commence.

Plasma 6.8 aims to have all the X11-specific code removed while XWayland will continue to be supported for legacy X11 applications/games. Besides eliminating old X11-specific code, going Wayland-exclusive will allow them to open up more performance optimizations and other enhancements.

One of the most interesting takeaways from David's blog post today is word that over 95% of Plasma 6.6 users are running on Wayland. KDE metrics are showing a gradual increase every release

Those wishing to learn more can see [2]David Edmundson's blog post with the latest details on the plans for this year's removal of X11 support in KDE Plasma.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-68-Wayland-Exclusive

[2] https://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/596/