Kubuntu 25.10 will not include an X11 desktop session by default, joining the regular version of Ubuntu in focusing on a Wayland-only future. The official Ubuntu flavour, which ships with the KDE Plasma desktop environment and associated technologies, will only provide a Wayland display session on new installs in its next version, which is released later this year. Asked on Wayland plans—though plans can change, of course—for Kubuntu 25.10, Kubuntu’s Rik Mills clarified the situation: At the moment we intend to ship the wayland one by default on the ISO and installs while users who still want an X11 session […]
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