Topic: Wayland

KDE Plasma 6.1 Released With… Well, A Fair Bit!

KDE Plasma 6.1 has been released with a plethora of productivity and performance-minded improvements. Building on the KDE Plasma 6.0 release from earlier in this year, the 6.1 update sees KDE developers deliver “improvements and […]

18 June 2024

Slack Linux App Fixes Screen Sharing Under Wayland

If you use Slack on Ubuntu and were frustrated that screen sharing under Wayland was only showing a black screen (or crashing the entire app entirely), you’ll be pleased to hear those issues are now […]

21 May 2024

Ubuntu 24.10 to Default to Wayland for NVIDIA Users

Ubuntu first switched to Wayland as its default display server in 2017, before reverting the following year. It tried again in 2021 and has stuck with it since. But while Wayland is what most of […]

17 May 2024
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Miracle-WM is a New Tiling Wayland Compositor Based on Mir

Fans of tiling window managers like i3, Sway, and Hyprland will be interested to hear there’s a new option in town called Miracle-WM. Created by Canonical engineer Matthew Kosarek, Miracle-WM is notable for being a […]

19 February 2024

elementary OS 8 Enters Early Access, Here’s What’s Planned

Sponsors of elementary OS now have early access to the next major version of the Ubuntu-based desktop Linux operating system. elementary OS 8 is the next major update, following on from this year’s elementary OS […]

18 February 2024

NVIDIA Linux Driver Adds Support for Night Light in Wayland

NVIDIA has released a new version of its Linux graphics driver that adds support for the Night Light feature in GNOME on Wayland. Night Light is a feature that reduces the amount of blue light […]

31 October 2023
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Linux Mint 21.3 to Feature Experimental Wayland Support

Linux Mint 21.3, the next major release of the popular Ubuntu-based Linux distro, will include experimental Wayland support for the Cinnamon desktop. Wayland is (as I’m sure you know) a modern display server protocol designed […]

26 October 2023
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Ubuntu 23.10 Runs Firefox in Wayland Mode by Default

Most of us using Ubuntu use the Mozilla Firefox Snap preinstalled by default — and in Ubuntu 23.10 that package comes with a big below-the-surface change. Ubuntu defaults to Wayland but the Firefox Snap currently […]

18 September 2023
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How to Fix Blurry Firefox on HiDPI + Wayland

I share a quick fix for blurry fonts in Mozilla Firefox when running on Wayland on Linux. No PPAs required; just run Firefox with Wayland support enabled.

25 October 2022

Firefox 106 Brings PDF Annotation & Gesture Nav to Linux

I spotlight 4 new features in Firefox 106 that are well worth knowing about, including new PDF editing features and gesture navigation for Linux.

20 October 2022

KDE Plasma 5.22 Released, This is What’s New

KDE Plasma 5.22 has been released, following a successful bout of beta testing last month. This uplift of the free, open source desktop environment improves ‘stability and usability across the board’, according to KDE devs. […]

8 June 2021

Hot Topic: Ubuntu 21.04 Will Use Wayland By Default

Ubuntu 21.04 uses Wayland by default. In this post we look at why Ubuntu developers feel now is the right time to use the Wayland display server again.

28 January 2021