Hackernews posts about Xwayland

Xwayland is a bridge that enables Wayland-native applications to run on top of the X11 windowing system, allowing them to interact seamlessly with the desktop and other X11-based components.

1. Xfwl4 – The Roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor (alexxcons.github.io)
   370 points by pantalaimon 25 days ago | 325 comments
2. Noctia: A sleek and minimal desktop shell thoughtfully crafted for Wayland (github.com)
   97 points by doener 21 days ago | 43 comments
3. JetBrains drops X11 for Wayland as default in IntelliJ-based IDEs (www.neowin.net)
   19 points by bundie 17 days ago | 3 comments
4. CachyOS Starts 2026 by Switching to Plasma Login Manager, Live ISO Using Wayland (www.phoronix.com)
   18 points by Bender 28 days ago | discuss
5. Wayland by Default in 2026.1 EAP (Jetbrains) (blog.jetbrains.com)
   14 points by politelemon 17 days ago | 4 comments
6. JetBrains: Wayland by Default in 2026.1 EAP (blog.jetbrains.com)
   4 points by tosh 15 days ago | discuss
7. Show HN: ReFrame – Linux remote desktop that supports Login on Wayland/TTY (github.com)
   4 points by AlynxZhou 16 days ago | discuss
8. CachyOS newest release drops X11 for Wayland in Live ISOs (www.neowin.net)
   4 points by bundie 27 days ago | discuss
9. Measuring Input-to-Photon Latency (Because 'Wayland Feels Off' Isn't a Metric) (davidjusto.com)
   3 points by madspindel 2 days ago | discuss
10. The Wayland–X11 feud nobody needs (www.xda-developers.com)
    2 points by cumo 18 days ago | 2 comments
11. Show HN: Git worktree manager for Niri (Wayland compositor) (github.com)
    2 points by nithiiyan25 1 day ago | discuss
12. Experimental Zones Protocol Merged to Wayland After 2 Years, 620 Comments (www.phoronix.com)
    2 points by speckx 11 days ago | discuss
13. History of Greenfield (in-browser Wayland compositor) (wayouttheresoftware.blogspot.com)
    2 points by todsacerdoti 23 days ago | discuss
14. Catclock for Wayland (github.com)
    2 points by mcpcpc 26 days ago | discuss
15. Measuring Input-to-Photon Latency (Because 'Wayland Feels Off' Isn't a Metric) (davidjusto.com)
    1 points by rhim 1 day ago | discuss
16. Wayland Compatible Annotated Screenshots with slurp, grim and satty (nickjanetakis.com)
    1 points by nickjj 18 days ago | discuss
17. Show HN: The Codeverse Hub Linux (github.com)
    4 points by sinisterMage 14 days ago | 4 comments
18. Show HN: Vocalinux // 100% offline voice typing for Linux (vocalinux.com)
    4 points by jatinkrmalik 5 days ago | discuss
19. Show HN: Project Xent – A native C++ UI framework in KBs
    3 points by AzusaBCSK 21 days ago | 1 comments
20. Show HN: Xray – A minimal screenshot tool for developers (Rust/Tauri)
    3 points by wlswo 24 days ago | 1 comments
21. Show HN: Vocalinux // 100% offline voice typing for Linux (vocalinux.com)
    2 points by jatinkrmalik 5 days ago | discuss
22. Show HN: Automat – A New (Game) Automation Utility (store.steampowered.com)
    2 points by mafik 22 days ago | discuss
23. Experimental: Add xx-zones protocol for window positioning in zones (gitlab.freedesktop.org)
    5 points by sho_hn 11 days ago | discuss
24. Experimental: Add xx-zones protocol for area-limited window positioning (gitlab.freedesktop.org)
    2 points by watashiato 16 days ago | discuss
25. X.org Security Advisory: multiple security issues X.Org X server and Xwayland (lists.x.org)
    207 points by birdculture 4 months ago | 225 comments
26. Wprs – rootless remote desktop for Wayland (and X11, via XWayland) applications (github.com)
    180 points by happy-dude almost 2 years ago | 71 comments
27. Improving Xwayland window resizing (blog.vladzahorodnii.com)
    158 points by TangerineDream over 1 year ago | 186 comments
28. HiDPI support in Xwayland rootful merged (gitlab.freedesktop.org)
    16 points by alxjsn almost 2 years ago | 2 comments
29. Wayback: Gluing together Wayland components to turn Xwayland into a full X (social.treehouse.systems)
    11 points by mariuz 8 months ago | discuss
30. X.org Security Advisory: multiple security issues X.Org X server and Xwayland (lists.x.org)
    8 points by speckx 8 months ago | discuss
31. XWayland Ruined and Saved Wayland Development [video] (www.youtube.com)
    7 points by Rinzler89 over 1 year ago | discuss
32. XWayland is the bridging mechanism between legacy Xorg programs and Wayland (wiki.hypr.land)
    4 points by doener about 2 months ago | discuss
33. Multiple security issues X.Org X server and Xwayland (lists.x.org)
    3 points by elric 4 months ago | 1 comments
34. XWayland Lands Support For xdg-system-bell (www.phoronix.com)
    1 points by rbanffy about 1 year ago | discuss
35. Show HN: Term.everything – Run any GUI app in the terminal (github.com)
    1094 points by mmulet 6 months ago | 144 comments
36. Show HN: Tattoy – a text-based terminal compositor (tattoy.sh)
    200 points by tombh 8 months ago | 65 comments
37. Why in Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS terminals (TTY) depend by mutter anyway?
    4 points by bbgg almost 2 years ago | 1 comments
38. Can I start using Wayland in 2026? (michael.stapelberg.ch)
    327 points by secure about 2 months ago | 325 comments