GoKawiilWhen we first announced the transition to Plasma Wayland, one of Martin's slides from stated, "It's done when it's done!"
That talk was 15 years ago!
Nothing in software is never truly "done", but as announced previously we are finally at a point where we're ready to retire the X11 and put all our focus on the future.
As of today, the Plasma X11 session you can log into has been officially removed, and we will start a mass cleanup of X11-specific code soon.
When does it take effect?
This change will be included in Plasma 6.8, which will be released in around five months.
What's Changed?
In Plasma 6.8, there will be no X11 session in the login screen. There will only be a Wayland session available to log into.
In 6.8, all X11-specific code paths in Plasma for Plasma Shell, System Settings, and device configuration will be gone.
What's stayed the same?
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