KDE Marks 30th Anniversary With Plasma 6.8 And X11 Departure
The KDE project celebrates its 30th anniversary by releasing Plasma 6.8, which shifts to a Wayland-only architecture and bids farewell to the X11 display server protocol.
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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 15 Oct 2026. www.theregister.com published first, on 15 October at 15:13 UTC; Ars Technica followed 7h 08m later. The most recent article, from Ars Technica, appeared on 15 October at 22:21 UTC.
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- KDE
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- X11
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