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Nourish: New Vulkan-Powered Wayland Compositor Offers Infinite Zoom and Pan Workspace

A new Wayland compositor, Nourish, was recently announced, featuring a unique Vulkan-powered rendering backend. The primary design goal of Nourish is to provide an "infinite" zooming and panning capab...

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Miracle-wm v0.10.0 Integrates Focus Blur Shader, Nightlight Plugins

Miracle-wm, the Wayland compositor built on Mir with an i3/Sway style tiling window manager, recently released version 0.10.0. Developed by Canonical engineer Matthew Kosarek, this update introduces n...

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Hyprland v0.55.3 Patch Fixes VRR, Hotplug, and Adds Config Reload

Hyprland, the Wayland compositor, released version 0.55.3 today. This patch release backports several fixes from the main development branch to the 0.55.2 stable branch. Key updates include a fix for ...

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Hyprland v0.55.4 Fixes Gestures, Popups, and Renderer SEGV on Monitor Disconnect

Hyprland, the Wayland compositor, recently released version 0.55.4, described as "Another small round of patches on top of 0.55.3." This update primarily focuses on stability and user experience impro...

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Sway 1.12 Adds Window Capture, HDR10 via Vulkan, NVIDIA Proprietary Driver Compatibility

Sway 1.12 was released today, May 26, 2026, building on wlroots 0.20.0. This release introduces several new features, including the ability to capture individual windows and support for HDR10 when uti...

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Labwc 0.20 wlroots-based Wayland Compositor Released with Feature Additions

Labwc 0.20, a wlroots-based Wayland compositor, was released today, May 26, 2026. This new version introduces numerous new features. The release of Labwc 0.20 coincides with the launch of Sway 1.12, a...

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Hyprland 0.55.2 Delivers Stability Fixes, Enhances XWayland Interaction

Hyprland, a dynamic Wayland compositor, released version 0.55.2 today. This update is a maintenance release focused on stability, delivering "another round of minor fixes backported from main onto 0.5...

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Hyprland 0.55 Released With Lua Configuration and User-Defined Layouts

Hyprland 0.55, a Wayland-based compositor, was released today as a significant feature update. This version introduces Lua-based configuration, which now allows for ExpressionVec2 and table usage, alo...

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Hyprland v0.54.3 Patch Release Addresses Crashes and Compositor Issues

Hyprland, the Wayland compositor, recently released version 0.54.3, a patch update that delivers several important bug fixes. This release focuses on enhancing the stability and reliability of the com...

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KWin Compositor Merges Initial Vulkan Rendering Support Code

KDE's KWin compositor has initiated its journey toward integrating Vulkan support, with the first foundational code merged today. This effort aims to establish Vulkan as an alternative rendering backe...

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Hyprland v0.54.2 Released with Stability Fixes for Crashes and Layout Issues

Hyprland, the Wayland compositor, yesterday released version 0.54.2. This patch release focuses on backporting critical fixes from the main development branch to address regressions and enhance stabil...

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Hyprland 0.54.1 Patch Release Addresses Crashes, Build Issues, and Window Management

Hyprland, a Wayland compositor, released version 0.54.1 today. This patch release backports several fixes from the main development branch to the 0.54.0 series. Key issues addressed include a crash in...

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Hyprland 0.54 Released with Full Nix Integration, Cursor Zoom, and Debugging Tools

Hyprland 0.54 was released today, described by its developers as "a huge update". This Wayland compositor update introduces several new features and enhancements. Key additions include full Nix integr...

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Weston 15.0 Delivers Lua Shell, Experimental Vulkan Renderer, Display Stack Improvements

Weston 15.0 was recently released by Collabora, introducing significant updates to the Wayland compositor reference implementation. A new Lua-based shell has been integrated, allowing for fully custom...

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wlroots 0.20 Nears Release with New Protocols and Enhanced Vulkan Renderer

Version 0.20 of Wayland compositor library used to build Wayland compositors.">wlroots, a foundational Wayland support library, is nearing its official release. Two release candidates for wlroots 0.20 were published over the past week, signaling its imminent arri...

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GNOME 50 Mutter Gains HiDPI, Monitor Emulation for Screen-Casting API

Improvements for virtual monitor and remote desktop functionality have been merged into the Mutter compositor for the upcoming GNOME 50 release. These changes, merged today, add HiDPI and monitor mode...

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Xfce Desktop Gains Rust-Based Wayland Compositor Xfwl4 for 4.22 Release

The Xfce desktop environment is set to integrate a new Wayland compositor named Xfwl4, written in Rust. This development, reported today by 9to5Linux, marks a significant step towards modernizing the ...

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Hyprland v0.53.1 Released with Core Desktop and Input Stability Fixes

The Hyprland Wayland compositor project released version 0.53.1 today, January 07, 2026. This patch release incorporates several critical fixes backported from the main development branch, aiming to e...

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Hyprland 0.53 Released: Window Rule Syntax Overhaul, HDR Activation Fixes

Hyprland 0.53 was released today, December 30, 2025, as the last feature update for the Wayland compositor in 2025. This release includes significant breaking changes, such as a complete overhaul of t...

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Hyprland v0.52.2 Released with Rendering, IME, Crash Fixes

Hyprland v0.52.2, a Wayland compositor, was released today as a patch update. This version backports several fixes from the development branch to address various issues. Notable improvements include r...

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