KDE planned in 2022 to completely translate to Wayland

Nate Graham, heading the quality control team in the KDE project, Share / A> His thoughts about what direction the KDE project will develop in 2022. Including Nate believes that in the coming year, it will be possible to completely replace the X11-session of the KDE on the Wayland session. Currently It is noted about 20 well-known problems observed when using Wayland in KDE, and the recent times added to the list of problems becomes all less Significant. The most important of the recent changes related to Wayland is adding to the proprietary NVIDIA driver support for GBM (Generic Buffer Manager), which can be used in KWIN.

Other plans:

  • Association Languages ​​and formats settings in the configurator.
  • Recycling Breeze icon set. Color icons will be visually updated, softened, rounded and spilled from outdated elements, such as long shadows. Monochrome icons will also be upgraded and adapted for better combination with different color schemes.
  • Solution of all problems with multi-component configurations.
  • Support inertia scroll in Qtquick database programs.
  • Correction Initiative How to Larger Errors in KDE Plasma and Related Components (KWIN, System Settings, Discover, etc.), which are populated in the first 15 minutes of operation in KDE. According to neuta, such errors are mainly the source of the formation of a negative opinion about KDE in users.
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