KDE Plasma will drop X11 in Plasma 6.8 in favor of Wayland; XWayland remains, with adoption metrics showing strong Wayland usage (~95% on 6.6, ~76% overall), and 6.7 as the last X11-supported release.
A dense catalog of vintage desktop environments with precise specs across 1983–2000s, plus a legal aside on GEM following the Apple vs DRI ruling.
A hands-on cross-terminal memory test finds 'st' and 'xterm' use the least memory, 'kitty' the most; Wayland vs X11 differences are minor, and the author is leaning toward 'st' (no scrollback) or 'foot'/'lxterminal' depending on display server.
Open-source Python Linux dock with 38 built-in applets, extensible widgets, cross-desktop X11 support, and GPL-3.0-or-later license; Wayland not yet supported.
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