Virtual Newsletter about Software Freedom

January 18, 2026

Sonic DE: Continuing X11 support for KDE
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KDE has recently decided to drop support for X11.
It's because Wayland is more "modern".
I don't support this decision because Wayland compatibility is really bad.[1]
There are also a lot of other problems with Wayland.

Because of this, a fork called Sonic DE was created[2].
Sonic DE's goal is to allow you to continue using KDE, but on X11.
This is nice, as many devices can't run Wayland due to many issues with it.

I personally use IceWM, but I'm sure if I were still using KDE, I would switch to Sonic DE.

- NexusSfan

[1] https://absurdlysuspicious.github.io/wayland-protocols-table/
[2] https://github.com/Sonic-DE

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