LXQt 2.2.0 released
LXQt, the Qt-based alternative to KDE as Xfce is the GTK-based alternative to GNOME, has released version 2.2.0. LXQt is in the middle of its transition to Wayland, and as such, this release brings a number of fixes and improvements for Wayland, like improved multi-display support and updated compatibility with Wayland compositors. Beyond all the Wayland work, LXQt Power Management now supports power profiles, text rendering in QTerminal and QTermWidget has been improved, the file manager PC … ⌘ Read more
KDE splits KWin into kwin_x11 and kwin_wayland
One of the biggest behind-the-scenes changes in the upcoming Plasma 6.4 release is the split of kwin_x11 and kwin_wayland codebases. With this blog post, I would like to delve in what led us to making such a decision and what it means for the future of kwin_x11. ↫ Vlad Zahorodnii For the most part, this change won’t mean much for users of KWin on either Wayland or X11, at least for now. At least for the remainder of the Plasma 6.x life … ⌘ Read more
it’s been while since I’d stopped #window-manager hopping and just settled with #Herbstluftwm but I’m NGL, the River #Wayland compositor is starting to grow on me… I’m still not sure if it’s just me but something about it feels clean and snappy. The shortcuts in the vanilla/example configuration feel a bit clunky, but then again, it’s just me being used to the same old ones I keep adopting and replicating across WMs. I’ve got 0 energy for ricing so I’ll just roll with the vanilla config as is (maybe add in a short-cut for a launcher but that will be it).
12 years of incubating Wayland color management
The Wayland color-management protocol extension has landed on Feb 13th, 2025, in upstream wayland-protocols repository in the staging directory. It was released with wayland-protocols 1.41. The extension enables proper interactions between traditional (sRGB), Wide Color Gamut (WCG), and High Dynamic Range (HDR) image sources and displays once implemented in Wayland compositors and used in applications. Of course, a protocol is just a la … ⌘ Read more
Chromium Ozone/Wayland: the last mile stretch
Lets start with some context, the project consists of implementing, shipping and maintaining native Wayland support in the Chromium project. Our team at Igalia has been leading the effort since it was first merged upstream back in 2016. For more historical context, there are a few blog posts and this amazing talk, by my colleagues Antonio Gomes and Max Ihlenfeldt, presented at last year’s Web Engines Hackfest. Especially due to the Lacros pr … ⌘ Read more
Cyrix126 releases Gupaxx v1.5.1
Cyrix1261 has released Gupaxx 2 version 1.5.13 with multiple bug fixes:
Freeze after some time
Xmrig could not be started after Xmrig-Proxy manually (Linux/MacOS)
Node and Proxy custom args were not parsed correctly
Unable to save node selection in Proxy Tab
Crashes on Wayland [..]
The full changelog, sources, SHA256SUM and .asc files can be found on Github3.
Keyboard layouts
I’ve updated my article about keyboard layouts with XKB after 13
years!
https://hack.org/mc/writings/xkb.html
I’ve edited it so the focus is on the layouts if you just want to grab
them and don’t need any handholding. Also added Thinkpad layouts along
with the original HHKB layouts.
It now also includes instructions for use with the River and Sway
Wayland compositors as well as X11.
I will probably update it soon with some images of different Thinkpad
keyboards. ⌘ Read more
Don’t install Trinity desktop on Slackware. Kde wayland does not work anymore and regular kde x11 is mixed with parts from Trinity. Going to need to do a reinstall. Plus Trinity is half working anyway. Best to stick with Kde and xfce.
https://github.com/Ferdi265/wl-mirror wayland output mirror client
https://artixlinux.org Running artix full wayland setup with sway as WM and runit as init. KISS and flying, so cool :)
Huge Tails update. Better persistent storage, Wayland, QR codes for bridges: https://tails.boum.org/news/version_5.8/index.en.html
Wayland tech tip #3: Be sure to install warpd-wayland-git instead of warpd-git from the AUR, otherwise you’re gonna have a bad time.
The Lunduke Journal Podcast – April 27, 2022
Listen now (45 min) | Wayland or X11? BBS tips? VR remakes of classic games? ⌘ Read more
Wayland tech tip #2: “wev” is a great “xev” clone for Wayland. It’s available on the AUR (wev) or at https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/wev.
Aliasing “startx” to “sl” is an essential part of one’s migration to Wayland.
Wayland, window managers and suicide ⌘ https://hack.org/mc/blog/wayland-window-managers.html
Siemens RTL Tiling WM, Blit, Andrew Window System och Wayland ⌘ https://hack.org/mc/blog/siemens-rtl.html
Ubuntu LTS: Unity, Sugar and Wayland ⌘ https://hack.org/mc/blog/ubuntu.html