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Jan 27, 2026 · Industry Insights

GNOME 50 Preview: Is X11 Dead as Wayland Takes Full Control?

The GNOME 50 Alpha release brings major shifts—including the removal of X11 support in GDM, the debut of session save/restore, a new headless session service, expanded image format handling, and improved hardware detection—signaling a decisive move toward a pure Wayland desktop environment.