Unity to embrace Wayland Display Server
Mark Shuttleworth announced on his blog today that Unity will be embracing the X Window System replacement Wayland, the OpenGL based display management system. And yes, this is very important news....
View ArticleNVIDIA have ‘no plans to support Wayland’
With the current flurry of excitement over the announced aim of Ubuntu switching the current X server with the promising ‘Wayland’ display server in the near future, NVidia have decided to join in the...
View ArticleWayland in action on Ubuntu [Video]
Check out this video of Wayland in action. This post, Wayland in action on Ubuntu [Video], was written by Joey Sneddon and first appeared on OMG! Ubuntu!.
View ArticleWayland enters Ubuntu 11.04 repo
OpenGL based display management system 'Wayland' - the X Window System replacement proposed for future versions of Ubuntu - has been made available in the Ubuntu 11.04 Repositories. This post, Wayland...
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Is Canonical Working on New, Custom Display Server for Unity?
There is a 'reasonable likelihood' that Canonical will create their own display server for use across its desktop, mobile, tablet and TV interfaces, Ubuntu Community Manager Jono Bacon has said. This...
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GNOME 3.10 Released With New Apps, Experimental Wayland Support
GNOME 3.10, the latest update to the popular free and open-source GNOME desktop environment, has been released. Developers have spent 6 months crafting the stable release, contributing nearly 36,000...
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Mark Shuttleworth Brands Mir Opponents “The Open Source Tea Party”
Opponents of Mir are 'politically motivated', says Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth in a blog post announcing the name of Ubuntu 14.10. This post, Mark Shuttleworth Brands Mir Opponents “The Open...
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Wayland May Delay Release of GNOME 3.12
The upcoming release of Wayland 1.5 could delay the arrival of GNOME 3.12. This post, Wayland May Delay Release of GNOME 3.12, was written by Joey Sneddon and first appeared on OMG! Ubuntu!.
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GNOME 3.12 Will Be Released On Schedule After All
GNOME 3.12 will be released on March 26, despite earlier discussions suggest that it should be delayed by a week. This post, GNOME 3.12 Will Be Released On Schedule After All, was written by Joey...
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GNOME 3.12 Postpones Wayland Support
After all the 'umm-ing and ahh-ing', GNOME has decided against shipping Wayland support by default in its upcoming release. This post, GNOME 3.12 Postpones Wayland Support, was written by Joey Sneddon...
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VLC 2.2 Released, Here’s How To Install It in Ubuntu
The go-to media player of millions, VLC 2.2 'Weathermax' was released this weekend and brings some nifty new features to the desktop. This post, VLC 2.2 Released, Here’s How To Install It in Ubuntu,...
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Green Recorder 2.0 Released, Lets You Screen Record Wayland
Green Recorder 2.0 has been released. The desktop screen recording app picks up a number of new features, including Wayland support and the ability to record a specific section of your desktop. This...
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Ubuntu Plans To Switch to Wayland By Default
Ubuntu plans to ship Wayland in place of X.Org Server by default. Word of the display server¹ switch won’t surprise many. Mir, Canonical’s home-spun alternative to Wayland, had been billed as the...
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Wayland Session Added to KDE Neon Unstable Developer Edition
Wayland is installed by default in the latest builds of KDE Neon Developer Edition. The Ubuntu-based software stack — it doesn’t like to be called a distribution, remember — is shipping the next-gen...
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Ubuntu Devs Uncertain about Using Wayland by Default in 17.10
Ubuntu is undecided about whether to use Wayland as the default display server in Ubuntu 17.10 as the realities of Wayland support in the real world bite. This post, Ubuntu Devs Uncertain about Using...
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GNOME Pie App Launcher Serves Up a New Release
A fresh slice of GNOME Pie, a slick animated application launcher (and more) for Linux, is now available. GNOME Pie 0.7.1 arrives out of the oven with basic Wayland support, some minor usability and...
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Wayland Confirmed as Default for Ubuntu 17.10
Wayland WILL ship as the default display server in Ubuntu 17.10 'Artful Aardvark'. The confirmation comes by way of Canonical's Didier Roche. This post, Wayland Confirmed as Default for Ubuntu 17.10,...
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Green Recorder 3.0 Released, Lets You Export Screen Recordings to GIF
A new version of the Wayland compatible screen recording tool Green Recorder has been released. Green Recorder 3.0 adds a number of notable new features that help bring it parity with other screen...
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Ubuntu Drops Wayland, Switches back to Xorg
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will come with the Xorg display server enabled by default. Canonical cites stability and reliability concerns over Wayland as reason for the change. This post, Ubuntu Drops Wayland,...
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GNOME Shell Gets a Major Speed Boost
GNOME 3.32 is due for release next month, and the biggest change will be its performance. See, the GNOME Shell desktop is often criticised as being a bit on the ‘heavy’ side. Folks blast it […] This...
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