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Both of these Fedora Editions dropped their X.Org Sessions by default in Fedora 41 (released 29 October 2024).
This Fedora timing is wrong. Fedora KDE dropped the X11 session with Fedora 40, while Fedora’s GNOME X11-package removal is tracked for Fedora 43; Fedora 41 only continued work on dropping GNOME X11 from installation media.
Full reasoning
Fedora's own change pages contradict this blanket statement.
For Fedora KDE, the official Changes/KDE Plasma 6 page says the move to Plasma 6 would drop support for the X11 session entirely and lists the targeted release as Fedora Linux 40, not Fedora 41.
For Fedora GNOME, the official Changes/WaylandOnlyGNOME page says removal of the GNOME X11 packages is targeted for Fedora Linux 43. That same page explicitly describes Fedora 41 only as "the work in Fedora Linux 41 to drop the X11 session from the media", which is not the same thing as both Fedora editions dropping their X.Org sessions by default in Fedora 41.
So the article's statement incorrectly assigns a single Fedora 41 milestone to both editions, even though Fedora KDE and Fedora GNOME changed at different times and in different ways.
2 sources
- Changes/KDE Plasma 6 - Fedora Project Wiki
For Fedora Linux, the transition to KDE Plasma 6 will also include dropping support for the X11 session entirely... Current status Targeted release: Fedora Linux 40.
- Changes/WaylandOnlyGNOME - Fedora Project Wiki
Current status Targeted release: Fedora Linux 43... This continuation of the work in Fedora Linux 41 to drop the X11 session from the media reaffirms our commitment...
Weston 16.0.0 was released on 4 July 2026.
The release date here is off by 10 days. The official Wayland release page says Weston 16 was released on July 14, 2026, not July 4, 2026.
Full reasoning
The official Wayland release page lists "July 14, 2026 — Weston 16 has been released" and links the Weston 16.0.0 tarball from that entry. That directly contradicts the article's claim that Weston 16.0.0 was released on 4 July 2026.
Because this is the project's own release-news page, it is the authoritative source for the release date.
1 source
- Wayland
July 14, 2026 Weston 16 has been released. Weston 16.0.0.tar.xz - Weston 16.0.0 Release announcement
Latest version: 1.25
This table entry is stale. Wayland 1.26 had already been officially released on July 16, 2026, so 1.25 was no longer the latest version.
Full reasoning
The project's official release page says "July 16, 2026 — Wayland 1.26 has been released." Once 1.26 was released, 1.25 was no longer the latest version.
So the release table entry labeling 1.25 as the "Latest version" is outdated and factually incorrect relative to the project's own release history.
1 source
- Wayland
July 16, 2026 Wayland 1.26 has been released... March 19, 2026 Wayland 1.25 has been released.
Future version: 1.26
This is no longer a future release. Wayland 1.26 was officially released on July 16, 2026.
Full reasoning
The official Wayland release page lists Wayland 1.26 as already released on July 16, 2026. That means the table label "Future version: 1.26" is outdated.
In other words, the entry misclassifies an already released version as unreleased.
1 source
- Wayland
July 16, 2026 Wayland 1.26 has been released. wayland-1.26.0.tar.xz - Wayland 1.26.0 Release Announcement
Wayland became the default in version 12 (Bookworm), released on 10 October 2023.
This overstates the Bookworm switch. Raspberry Pi’s own Bookworm announcement said Wayland was the default only on Raspberry Pi 4 and 5; earlier models continued using X11 at that time.
Full reasoning
Raspberry Pi's official announcement for the Bookworm release does not say Wayland became the default across Raspberry Pi OS generally. Instead, it says that with Bookworm, Wayland became the default only on Raspberry Pi 4 and 5, while earlier platforms continued to run X11/Openbox until further optimization.
So the article's blanket claim that Wayland became the default in Raspberry Pi OS 12 (Bookworm) is too broad and factually inaccurate for the OS as a whole at the time of that release.
1 source
- Bookworm — the new version of Raspberry Pi OS - Raspberry Pi
Wayland is now the default mode of operation for the desktop. (With one caveat — for now, Wayland is only the default on Raspberry Pi 4 and 5... earlier platforms ... will continue to run the old X11 display server and the Openbox window manager.)