Three indicators that Linux users prefer Wayland for GUIs.

After 15 years, Wayland may soon replace X11 as Linux's most popular GUI server. We've covered Wayland's growing support.

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Linux for Apple Silicon Macs developers indicated they didn't have time to support X.org.

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The Gtk toolkit, used by many Linux apps and desktops, may abandon X11 compatibility.

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However, this seems to be pushing Wayland rather than gaining people.

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Last October, the team proposed defaulting KDE 6 sessions to Wayland. Solus OS, which released version 4.4, created Budgie.

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