KDE turns 30 with Plasma 6.8, remote upgrades, and an X11 farewell
Summary
Ars Technica reports KDE Plasma 6.8, the 30th anniversary edition, removes native X11 session support in favor of Wayland, with X11 apps kept via XWayland. It highlights new features like enhanced window decorations, Nvidia triple buffering by default, Kup backup integration, and the kscreenctl tool for display management. The release also updates the built-in remote desktop server with clipboard sync, Exclusive Mode, and adaptive remote streaming, and a new KDE documentary was released. The move continues KDE’s long-term shift away from X11 toward Wayland.