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AppsIn a pivotal shift for open-source desktop environments, KDE has announced that its upcoming Plasma 6.8 release will embrace Wayland as the sole display protocol, effectively bidding farewell to native X11 session support after nearly three decades. This move, detailed in a recent post on the KDE Blogs, marks a significant milestone in the evolution of Linux desktops, prioritizing modern graphics handling over legacy systems. Developers argue th…See the Story
KDE Plasma 6.8 Drops Native X11 for Exclusive Wayland Shift

MicrosoftWith all the problems Windows is facing, I think one area where Microsoft can make some easy, quick gains is by drastically improving Explorer, Windows’ file manager. It seems that in the latest developer releases, they’re doing just that. The most impactful change – possibly – is that Microsoft is going to preload Explorer.
We’re exploring preloading File Explorer in the background to help improve File Explorer launch performance. This shouldn…See the Story
