LXQt 2.2.0 released with enhanced Wayland support, power profiles in LXQt Power Management, PCManFM-Qt improvements, QTerminal text rendering fixes
https://lxqt-project.org/release/2025/04/17/release-lxqt-2-2-0/
LXQt 2.2 Released with Enhanced Wayland Support | @linuxiac
｢ The team has addressed a long-standing quirk in multi-screen setups by adopting screen names instead of screen numbers — a necessary shift, as Wayland does not define a “primary screen” in the traditional sense ｣
https://linuxiac.com/lxqt-2-2-released-with-enhanced-wayland-support/
Or maybe, since Fedora is using Wayland, maybe there are still compatibility differences between different flatpak repos. XWayland, etc.
From a user perspective it's still annoying to keep track of which repos work best for each app.
Hum. Debian 13 is sounding very interesting, because I could verify the compatibility of flathub packages too.
Odd, #LibreOffice does not like having different scaling factors on two monitors.
I've got 1.8x scaling on my left (laptop) monitor and 1.0x on my right (HDMI). It looks like they're both getting 1.8x scaling, so everything is huge on my main (right) monitor.
I had to add QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb to the environment variables using the #KDE #Plasma menu editor to force it to run in X11 mode (XWayland), and now it's fine.
See: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141578
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI7bfefoFOc
KDE vs GNOME on Wayland showdown... spoiler alert: things work pretty well these days.
#LXQt 2.2 Desktop Environment Released with Many #Wayland Improvements and Updated Componens https://9to5linux.com/lxqt-2-2-desktop-environment-released-with-many-wayland-improvements
Back to #Wayland and input methods.
What's your favorite input method?
Cause for me it was the one on old #Nokia phones. I could type with my hands in my pockets! Handy in winter.
https://codeberg.org/dcz/stiwri
Tested with #cosmic and #GTK .
This is just the beginning. Actually useful stuff is coming in the future. #Mobile keyboards, #Chinese input is what it's for:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/396
If 12 is working for you, then playing it safe is definitely a solid choice.
I mainly moved because I really wanted a newer stable kernel, and I was having some weird wifi issues with the backported kernels.
Also, #KDE #Plasma 6 is NIIIIIIIIICE. Even the #Wayland session. They've settled all the gripes I personally had with it, I think. At least, as far as running KDE-Wayland. Wayland itself still has some issues to iron out, some of which will never be dealt with to everyone's satisfaction.
That's just the way of things. It does feel a bit like a minimalist solution, which is ironically the opposite criticism that systemd gets leveled at it (and mostly quite fairly, IMHO).
KDE 6.4 unterstützt das Wayland Session Restore Protocol
https://linuxnews.de/kde-6-4-unterstuetzt-das-wayland-session-restore-protocol/ #kde6 #plasma6 #wayland #linux
What do you think is still missing in #Wayland?
I feel that the last rough edges have been ironed out in the last year. This includes #HDR, #TripleBuffering, #ColorManagement, #SessionRestore implementations, improved #Accessibility, etc.
What important pieces do you think are still missing in Wayland?
#XWayland #Mutter #KWin #Gnome #KDE #X11 #XOrg #Cosmic #Enlightenment #GTK4 #GTK #QT6 #Weston #Cinnamon #Xfce hyprland #niri #sway
@thelinuxEXP @tlenewspodcast is this (window position and size restore capabilities) #wayland feature already merged in #mutter ? if yes will this be included in #fedora42 that will be released in a few day ?
Time for this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News video!
This week, we have #Firefox adding experimental AI tools to their nightly builds, #Wayland gaining window position and size restore capabilities, the Framework 12 going on preorder (even in the US after some tariffs shenanigans), and some leaks about #Valve's new VR headet:
I just published a video on #hardllimit
https://video.hardlimit.com/w/wpjftphK8ot6JLThvcVq5Y
This video is about my #archlinux setup where I presents some #wayland stuff and interesting things like #tui and terminal based software. Enjoy it
What are the benefits of #Wayland over #X11 on #Linux? #Ubuntu #KDE #Neon
I use Synergy/Deskflow and Wayland has so many annoying quirks compared to X11. One quirk though, Copy/Paste works so awesome with #KDEConnect. Wow that app has blossomed in such amazing ways. I remember when it first came out, I tried it and quickly removed it. Such a great app!
