Following today's release of [1]XWayland 26.1 RC1 , X.Org Server 26.1 RC1 was tagged. This xorg-server 26.1 release is aiming to become the first major feature release in five years, succeeding the xorg-server 21.1 series.

While five years have passed, X.Org Server 26.1 isn't as nearly feature-rich as the XWayland 26.1 code in development. But there is the removal of the Autoconf/Automake build system in favor of just using Meson. Plus support for various new X Server capabilities, disallowing byte-swapped clients by default, various security improvements, Xvfb now supporting multiple CRTCs, and more.

Some notable changes since xorg-server 21.1 include:

* Removal of autoconf/automake build system, leaving only meson

* Add support for DPMSInfoNotify event from DPMS 1.2

* Add support for XFixes 6.1 & AllowForceTerminate option in xorg.conf

* Disallow byte-swapped clients by default

* Disable font server connections by default

* Xorg: Add DRM platform for BSD

* Xorg: Move default non-root-user log files to $XDG_STATE_HOME/xorg

* Xvfb: Add multiple CRTC support

* Xvfb: Support up to 13 mouse buttons

* more tests included

Those interested in this forthcoming X.Org Server 26.1 release can read today's [2]RC1 announcement for more details.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/XWayland-26.1-RC1

[2] https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2026-August/062281.html