A set of merge requests were opened that would effectively drop X.Org (X11) session support for the GNOME desktop and once that code is removed making it a Wayland-only desktop environment.

Going along with Fedora 40 looking to disable the GNOME X11 session support (and also making KDE Plasma 6 Wayland-only for Fedora), upstream GNOME is evaluating the prospect of disabling and then removing their X11 session support.

Some concerns were raised already how this could impact downstream desktops like Budgie and Pantheon that haven’t yet fully transitioned over to Wayland. In any event we’ll see where the discussions lead but it’s sure looking like 2024 will be the year that GNOME goes Wayland-only.

  • ISometimesAdmin@the.coolest.zone
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    I play Heroes of the Storm through Lutris.
    I have a superultrawide 32:9 monitor.
    In X11, I can get HotS to scale past its normal limits just like I could in windows and take up a full 5120x1440 resolution.
    In Wayland, I can’t.
    I will die on this hill.

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      1 year ago

      thy gamescope(that run on steam deck) i think it can scale, if yes, so it’s an implementation issue, that need to be fixed by the compositor