14 DAY TRIAL // The revolution has started, and it looks like the next-generation display server, Wayland, is here to stay, being adopted by more and more GNU/Linux distributions every month.
The Fedora Project was the first to announce that they were switching to using Wayland by default for the upcoming Fedora 25 Linux operating system, but it would be implemented only for the Fedora Workstation edition, which ships with the GNOME 3 desktop environment.
And now it looks like Wayland will be the default display server for KDE-based distros, such as KDE Neon, as KDE developer Martin Gräßlin has been proud to announce today, September 6, 2016, that KDE Neon Developer edition is switching to Wayland by default in the coming weeks.
"This is really exciting. It’s probably the biggest step towards Wayland by default the KDE community has ever taken. I hope that other continuous delivery systems will follow so that we can get many enthusiastic users to try Wayland," says Martin Gräßlin in a blog announcement.
They are waiting for KDE Plasma 5.8 LTS to be released
The decision to use Wayland by default for KDE Neon Developer edition was taken by the KDE developers during this year’s Akademy KDE conference, but it looks like, before making the big move, they'll need to first push a newer Xwayland package, the latest QtWayland 5.7 build, and, of course, the major KDE Plasma 5.8 LTS desktop environment.
However, Wayland will be enabled only for those who are using Intel graphics cards, as nothing will change for Nvidia and AMD Radeon users. KDE Plasma 5.8 LTS will land in the stable channels on October 4, 2016, so you'll have to wait until then to try KDE Neon Developer with Wayland.