Plasma is going all Wayland

kde@floss.social

After nearly three decades of KDE desktop environments running on X11, the future KDE Plasma 6.8 release (due early 2027) will be Wayland-exclusive.

Read the FAQ below to find out what this means for you and the future of KDE:

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/11/26/going-all-in-on-a-wayland-future/

a1ba@suya.place

@kde I know Nvidia is bad and greedy, and they shouldn't impact our software ecosystem, and those who buy their GPUs and use Linux know what they're signing for, and etc etc

But recommending nouveau is disingenuous.

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@a1ba @kde The problem is that Nvidia is the only one who can fix the Maxwell and Pascal reclocking issues.

Unless somebody wants to play Russian Roulette with the propietary drivers.

a1ba@suya.place

@cameron_bosch @kde so you literally didn't read my comment.

It also isn't "just" the reclocking that stops nouveau but overall state of it. Last time I tried it, it couldn't even produce the correct image.

Well, I don't want to blame nouveau developers for that and all it's troubles is on Nvidia but I also wouldn't recommend nouveau to the average Joe because Joe doesn't care.

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@a1ba @kde they only recommend nouveau for old cards? where it does generally work

a1ba@suya.place

@chjara @kde Pascal can be considered old now

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