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Slides from my #wayland input method presentation are up now!
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/MVVELP-wayland_input_method_wrap_up/
I'm impressed by the new activity on input methods! Is that the usual post-talk excitement, or will things switch to a new gear?
We'll know in a week or so. Thank you all anyway :)
Slides from my #wayland input method presentation are up now!
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/MVVELP-wayland_input_method_wrap_up/
I'm impressed by the new activity on input methods! Is that the usual post-talk excitement, or will things switch to a new gear?
We'll know in a week or so. Thank you all anyway :)
Just thought I'd retoot a handy link for those thinking about trying #Wayland as it lists a lot of Wayland tools and compositors old and new.
https://github.com/rcalixte/awesome-wayland
A discussion that started with GNU/Linux vs Linux
expanded into sudo vs doas, X11 vs Wayland, and how
system design choices age over time.
I already had notes on dwm, st, and X11 usage, and
this thread was the motivation to turn them into a
short, standalone document about the trade-offs
around scope, ecosystem complexity, and sustainability.
Original thread:
https://swiss.social/@LukePhilipps/115973122695310819
Document:
https://git.sr.ht/~r1w1s1/code-notes/blob/main/notes/Understanding_Wayland_X11_and_Minimalism.txt
Blog:
https://4c6e.xyz/
#Unix #Linux #BSD #Wayland #X11 #SystemDesign #Minimalism
A discussion that started with GNU/Linux vs Linux
expanded into sudo vs doas, X11 vs Wayland, and how
system design choices age over time.
I already had notes on dwm, st, and X11 usage, and
this thread was the motivation to turn them into a
short, standalone document about the trade-offs
around scope, ecosystem complexity, and sustainability.
Original thread:
https://swiss.social/@LukePhilipps/115973122695310819
Document:
https://git.sr.ht/~r1w1s1/code-notes/blob/main/notes/Understanding_Wayland_X11_and_Minimalism.txt
Blog:
https://4c6e.xyz/
#Unix #Linux #BSD #Wayland #X11 #SystemDesign #Minimalism
🦾 TigerVNC 1.16 Released With "w0vncserver" For Sharing Wayland Desktop Sessions - Phoronix
｢ The w0vncserver allows for sharing local Wayland display support that is akin to TigerVNC's x0vncserver but for native Wayland. The w0vncserver makes use of the org.freedesktop.portal.RemoteDesktop and org.freedesktop.portal.ScreenCast portals for working with the likes of GNOME and KDE Plasma on Wayland. This Wayland server also depends upon PipeWire ｣
🐁 Xfce Begins Work on xfwl4, a Rust-Based Wayland Compositor
｢ The Xfce development team has announced plans to build a native Wayland compositor, xfwl4, written in Rust. The work is being funded directly through community donations and led by longtime Xfce core developer Brian Tarricone ｣
#Guix version 1.5.0 released just in time for #FOSDEM
If it's your year of the #Linux #desktop then this release has #KDE #Plasma 6.5. If you're more into #GTK there's #GNOME 46 which defaults to #wayland
Of course there's lots of other desktop window managers and applications in Guix.
More than 12,500 packages were added, keeping Guix in the top-ten biggest distributions according to Repology!
Read the release blog post:
#Guix version 1.5.0 released just in time for #FOSDEM
If it's your year of the #Linux #desktop then this release has #KDE #Plasma 6.5. If you're more into #GTK there's #GNOME 46 which defaults to #wayland
Of course there's lots of other desktop window managers and applications in Guix.
More than 12,500 packages were added, keeping Guix in the top-ten biggest distributions according to Repology!
Read the release blog post:
On the list of "is it dead and unmaintained?" concerns, the #sway window manager for #Wayland isn't looking healthy either 💔
It works great for me still, but I'm starting to worry a bit.
Is there another tiling WM for Wayland I should look at? Maybe #Hyprland?
(Though I recall there was some drama around it ...?)
State of Accessibility on Linux, 2026:
Users: Wayland broke accessibility.
Wayland: Not our problem, talk to the compositor.
KDE & Gnome: Expose what we need for accessibility, plz?
Wayland: Security risk. No.
Factorio dev: This compromise?
Wayland: Ok, fine...
Also Wayland: Actually, no.
User: *researches how to grow new eyeballs* It'll be solved faster.
State of Accessibility on Linux, 2026:
Users: Wayland broke accessibility.
Wayland: Not our problem, talk to the compositor.
KDE & Gnome: Expose what we need for accessibility, plz?
Wayland: Security risk. No.
Factorio dev: This compromise?
Wayland: Ok, fine...
Also Wayland: Actually, no.
User: *researches how to grow new eyeballs* It'll be solved faster.
@devSJR That is true. Also, the only way to access the desktop in Termux is VNC or similar. That is also an overhead.
@SanskritFritz I can say that the #Termux/PRoot/VNC approach works but for average users this one seems to be a better fit.
I looked in more detail. It is a rewrite (previously Kotlin + C++). They write the app in #Rust and use #Wayland and #PRoot. PRoot can be a show stopper since some Android kernels have no system calls to support it. Besides #XFCE, #KDE, #GNOME and more are being worked on.
It is ARM64-v8a only but https://localdesktop.github.io/docs/developer/build-for-unofficially-supported-platform
Edit:
how-it-works: https://localdesktop.github.io/docs/developer/how-it-works
@itsfoss
Also Termux provides full linux with xfce for years already.
@SanskritFritz That is true. However, this app makes it really really easy to install a Linux (Arch) with a desktop enviromnent (XFCE by default). Starting it means just to start the app and it enters a full screen linux. It seems pretty fast. Methinks, it uses #Wayland.
⚡ GNOME Mutter 50 Alpha Released With X11 Backend Removed - Phoronix
｢ The merge "completely drops the whole X11 back-end" with the Wayland session support proving to be in robust shape especially with its state in GNOME 49. XWayland support remains on GNOME for running X11 apps/games but it's all exclusively about the Wayland session moving forward ｣
GNOME 50.alpha is released
Officially X11 free.
https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-50-alpha-released/33616?u=alatiera
Linux desktop voice control has a gap. Talon costs money. Other tools are X11-only or cloud-dependent.
So I built EasySpeak.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl5m2Zo1oIE
https://github.com/ctsdownloads/easyspeak/tree/dev?tab=readme-ov-file#easyspeak
- Free and open source (GPL-3.0)
- Fully local — no cloud, no accounts
- Wayland-native
- "Hey Jarvis, open downloads"
Built for RSI, accessibility, or anyone who wants to talk to their computer.
#Linux #OpenSource #Accessibility #VoiceControl #GNOME #Wayland #a11y
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