“Crimson Hat goes to put off the X.Org server and help Wayland and XWayland for apps that presently (or solely) run on X11,” writes Slashdot reader motang. Crimson Hat’s Carlos Soriano Sanchez confirmed on the Crimson Hat weblog: “The results of this analysis is that, whereas there are nonetheless some gaps and functions that want some stage of adaptation, we consider the Wayland infrastructure and ecosystem are in good condition, and that we’re on a great path for the recognized blockers to be resolved by the point RHEL 10 is out, deliberate to be launched on the primary half of 2025.
With this, we have determined to take away Xorg server and different X servers (besides Xwayland) from RHEL 10 and the next releases. Xwayland ought to be capable to deal with most X11 shoppers that will not instantly be ported to Wayland, and if wanted, our clients will be capable to keep on RHEL 9 for its full life cycle whereas resolving the specifics wanted for transitioning to a Wayland ecosystem. It is essential to notice that “Xorg Server” and “X11″ are usually not synonymous, X11 is a protocol that may proceed to be supported via Xwayland, whereas the Xorg Server is without doubt one of the implementations of the X11 protocol.
[…]This determination will enable us to focus our efforts ranging from RHEL 10 solely on a contemporary stack and ecosystem. This implies we can sort out issues resembling HDR, elevated safety, setups with combined high and low density shows or very excessive density shows, higher GPU/Show hot-plugging, higher gestures and scrolling, and so forth. We’re assured that Wayland will present a stable platform and we’re excited to work with the group and all of our companions and clients on constructing the long run for Linux.”