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End of an Era? Kubuntu Is Removing Default Support for X11 in New Installs

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The Linux world is slowly moving away from X11 and leaning into Wayland. Kubuntu is now the latest distro to drop default support for X11 in new installs.

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End of an era? Kubuntu is removing default support for X11 in new installs

The Linux world is slowly moving away from X11 and leaning into Wayland. Kubuntu is now the latest distro to drop default support for X11 in new installs.

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Kubuntu 25.10 Won't Include KDE Plasma X11 Session

Kubuntu 25.10 will not ship with an X11 desktop session on its ISO, following Ubuntu's lead. An X11 Plasma session will remain available for manual install. You're reading Kubuntu 25.10 Won’t Include an X11 Session by Default, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

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