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Someone built a full Wayland compositor inside Minecraft, and it actually works

… Someone got a Wayland compositor running in Minecraft, because why not "I use Java, by the way" As spotted by Hackaday , this cool mod comes to us via EVV1E. It's called Waylandcraft, and its main job is to, well, bring Wayland into Minecraft. …

May 22, 2026 · Simon Batt

Wayland is getting a 6-year-long fix for its most annoying quirk, and KDE and GNOME are already implementing it

… Protocol finalised, but distributions must implement it before Wayland restores sessions by default. If you've used a Wayland-based Linux operating system, you'll know that windows that you close don't reappear where they were when a session ends, such as after a crash or a logout. …

Mar 29, 2026 · Simon Batt

Wine's Wayland driver just fixed the mouse control issue plaguing FPS games on Linux

… The fix will land with Wine 11.9; Wayland compositors KWin, Mutter, and wlroots already support the new API. …

May 13, 2026 · Simon Batt

The best Linux distro for Windows escapees will fully support Wayland

… Sign in to your XDA account Summary Wayland is no longer "experimental" in Linux Mint; Cinnamon will fully support both Wayland and X11. X11 remains available; switch sessions at login to pick X11 or Wayland. …

Jul 9, 2026 · Simon Batt

Linux Mint is finally ready for Wayland, and it's handling the switch the way GNOME never did

… Administrative applications can now run as native Wayland clients instead of being forced through Xwayland. …

Jul 26, 2026 · Jeff Butts

I held onto X11 longer than I should have, and switching to Wayland fixed these things I didn't know were broken

… Related Wayland didn’t kill Linux desktops, but it did expose their weakest assumptions Wayland did not break Linux desktops. …

Jun 28, 2026 · Joe Rice-Jones

This Nvidia Linux driver update finally fixes a frustrating Wayland display problem

… Here are some of the big highlights for Wayland users, including a fix for an annoying wake-up issue: Fixed a bug that would prevent kwin wayland from being able to wake up display under certain scenarios. https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/bug-external-monitor-fails-to-wake-up-from-powersave-mo… …

Mar 25, 2026 · Simon Batt

The Linux community's next big fight isn't about Wayland anymore; it's about whether AI belongs in your distro

… Recent debates have focused on X11 versus Wayland, which distro supports which, which display technology is the best one to stick with, and so on. …

Jul 19, 2026 · Simon Batt

Linux gaming used to mean fighting your desktop, and X11 holdouts are quietly running out of excuses

… On Wayland, that problem doesn't exist at all. NVIDIA shipped VRR under Wayland starting with driver 525 for Volta cards and newer, with forced V-Sync issues cleaned up in a future driver revision. If you run a high-refresh display next to anything else, X11 asks you to choose and Wayland doesn't. …

Jul 17, 2026 · Ty Sherback

Xfce was supposed to be the last safe house for X11 holdouts, and it just started packing up

… GTK 5 is reportedly planned as Wayland-only, for instance. It may not mean much to X11 holdouts, but Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ships Wayland-only GNOME to enterprises for the next five years. …

Jul 9, 2026 · Ty Sherback

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