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Gnome Mutter Now "Completely Drops the Whole X11 Back End"

17 days ago
  • #X11
  • #Wayland
  • #GNOME
  • GNOME Mutter has completely dropped the X11 backend.
  • The change was merged after being disabled by default in GNOME 49.
  • GNOME 50 will focus solely on Wayland-based desktop sessions.
  • XWayland client support (apps/games) will continue in GNOME 50.
  • The removal was part of a merge request by Bilal Elmoussaoui.