More posts about “Wayland”

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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

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

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

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

KDE Tease ‘Production Ready’ Wayland Support, New App Menu in 2021

KDE Plasma users can look forward to several big changes this year, including improved Wayland session, fingerprint support, and a new app menu.

2 January 2021

Essential Guide: Improve Firefox Performance on Linux by Turning WebRender On

Learn how to enable WebRender in Firefox on Linux. This new tech can deliver a major performance boost by using your system's GPU to render web content.

27 July 2020

TIL Wayfire Supports Background Window Blur in GTK Apps

Wayfire, the 3D Wayland compositor, supports a heap of blingy effects. This week I discovered it supports background blur in GNOME GTK apps like Nautilus.

29 March 2020
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