XLibre

The release of #GhostBSD 26.1 with #XLibre is approaching. Together, we fixed a bug in the X configuration. Now we're looking for testers of the latest ISO ci.ghostbsd.org/jenkins/job/st… in VMware, KVM, and bhyve. Please report back at forums.ghostbsd.org/d/796-ghostbsd…. x.com/ghostbsdprojec…

@V22bis Thank you very much for sharing your experience!

Preface: >30 years experience with Linux and server administration is my job. Every honest attempt to remain on Wayland has ended up with me reverting to X11. Most recently, I installed CachyOS on a desktop with Nvidia graphics specifically to try it and play ARC Raiders. There was no need to impart my nuance into this system, all it had to do was play. Therefore I let it use Wayland. I was having graphical issues, frequent stutters and the like. I switched to an X11 session and it went away. Therefore I remain on X11. What exactly were the issues? Hard to remember. The last thing I want to do is go through yet another arduous round of debugging when 1) it's my day (and night) job, and 2) I've lived through multiple ages of debugging Linux shit and I am tired and trying to sit down and play Tarkov for Dads. As soon as I saw the slightest indicator that the symptoms and/or error pointed toward Wayland, I switched and it worked out. Friends were waiting on me.

#GNOME 50 is scheduled for Mar 18, completely removing #X11 support. The once widespread DE is now systemd-only and Wayland-only. If you doubt that "GNOME knows best" and like to stay on X11, we have a section "Desktop Environments" on our "Are We XLibre Yet?" page. #desktop-environments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">github.com/X11Libre/xserv…

@PCX_sg4 Thank you very much! If you have any questions, please feel free to ask here or in our chat rooms.

@XLibreDev im by default on wayland due to not knowing enough about os config, but will try x11 just due to insanity gnome and debian is starting to exhibit. Best wishes x11 team -dont go woke plz

@JuanCamiloPra16 @halvawawa You're welcome!

@XLibreDev @halvawawa I wasn’t aware of it. Thank you for pointing it out. I’ll definitely look into it

probono is literally that one japanese soldier who kept fighting for 30 years. most people don't even think about x11/wayland coming to linux anymore. shit just works ootb sans some random strange apps like wine

@JuanCamiloPra16 @halvawawa Ah, okay. The only toolkit that announced dropping X11 support is GTK in version 5. There are alternatives, and we have a discussion about them at github.com/orgs/X11Libre/….

@XLibreDev @halvawawa I suppose this is more of a wrongly phrased thing from my side. My intention was to mention that newer apps/versions will most likely drop X11 support as the toolkits (i.e Gtk ) are dropping X11 support on future releases.

@A_GardenParty Yep, we didn't remove anything VRR and our users have reported that it's working for them as well. Please keep us posted if you like to.

@XLibreDev I have not looked at this, I'm assuming this works with Xlibre? I will have to take a look at it for sure. And if it works, that'll be huge for me.

@Obscure_Outpost Thank you very much for your feedback!

@XLibreDev Been using xlibre for 3 weeks now no issues and I can confirm no screen tear during steam games. I also edit allot with kdenlive no issues either, keep up the good work xlibre is solid.

The YouTube channel "TheBlackDon" has been daily driving X11/XLibre on #CachyOS with #bspwm in 2026. He shared his experience regarding compatibility, screensharing, OBS plugins, absence of tearing, etc. at youtube.com/watch?v=hrirCx… . #XLibre #XingsDay

@A_GardenParty Have you tried to configure VRR like described in the ArchWiki? wiki.archlinux.org/title/Variable…

@XLibreDev I'd switch over to xlibre but I have multiple refresh rates on different monitors, 60hz, 70hz, 240hz and these desktops don't work with x11 in a way that allows me to use my main monitor at 240hz. So I'm stuck with Wayland. Unless yiu know of an alternative that works.

@GromBeestje You're welcome!

@XLibreDev cool! thanks!

@JuanCamiloPra16 @halvawawa Thank you for your feedback! Which apps that you need for your workflow are dropping X11 support?

@halvawawa Wayland is the reason I moved back to Mac OS. It definitely not “just works” it fails at what it it supposed to do on very common use cases. I’m hoping Xlibre gets adopted but most of the apps are dropping X support and thus making my workflow useless in Linux

@feebsdiz4me Thank you for your feedback! We're glad to hear that.

@XLibreDev I'm using it on my FreeBSD 15 system dual graphics cards with cinnamon desktop works like a champ! Using amdgpu Xlibre driver as well

Another user switched to #XLibre: "Finally took the dive and just installed on my desktop running #VoidLinux a few hours ago. Love it so far! … #Xorg had some glitchy problem with my old GPU, which seems to be liberated now." More #LiberatedScreens at github.com/orgs/X11Libre/…

@AWonderer123 Thank you for your feedback! You're welcome. How did you install XLibre on Fedora? From the source, from which packages, …?

My Current Linux Desktop. I am using Fedora 43 with the Cinnamon Desktop, Running @XLibreDev. Stable, Smooth and No Problems Whatsoever. Great Job!

@kuiperzone According to our users, the current state of AMD in XLibre is good. Which distribution would you like to switch to?

@XLibreDev Interested to know the state with AMD for when I switch distro?

The YouTube channel "I use Devuan btw" has been testing #XLibre with the #Nvidia RTX 4060 using CUDA driver 590.48.01. He says, "It works great. OS is #devuan 6 excalibur with #openbox window manger. If your gpu supports version 570+ it'll work." #XingsDay youtube.com/watch?v=gbhtNW…

@chilansl Thank you for your feedback! There are some patches for xorgxrdp at the XLibre pkgbuilds-arch-based repository github.com/X11Libre/pkgbu…. A more general solution is currently being prepared.

@XLibreDev I've been using it with Gentoo. Desktop is fine. xorgxrdp won't compile, but it's not enough of a priority for me to try and figure it out. I'll get to it soon enough.

@Hydryiucat Feel free to let us know if you try again.

@XLibreDev If i can remember. The application previews are sometimes black, which is rare. And when I was using FL Studio, I get softlocked. I'm not sure if it was because of wine or something else. I should try again sometime. More than that Xlibre works ok but i think i should update idk

My new main PC has Arch Linux My laptop has FreeBSD. Soon i'll be installing the 15th version. Maybe later but i'll be switching DE to something else, idk how's Xlibre going but as far i know Wayland runs quite unstable on my laptop for some reason than on X11

@zynazoid There is a main thread at the Linux Mint Forums regarding XLibre. So far, the users haven't reported any major issues. Please see: forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?…

@XLibreDev Is XLibre stable on Linux Mint 22.3? I am running Mesa 26.0.2 on an AMD 7600 GPU and really wanna upgrade to XLibre.

@GromBeestje Yes, that's what 12to11 seeks to accomplish. git.linuxping.win/12to11/12to11

@XLibreDev There is XWayland to run X programs on Wayland, but I am not aware there is something that does the reverse. Is there such a thing?

@LieselWeppen Thanks, you're welcome!

@XLibreDev Thx for your work! Highly appreciated 👍🏻

GNOME 2 is already being further developed at mate-desktop.org and its fork github.com/cafe-desktop. It is unclear whether anyone would do the same for later versions of GNOME. The X11 part of KDE Plasma 6 is being further developed at github.com/Sonic-DE. There are also more desktop environments with ongoing X11 support. Please see #desktop-environments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">github.com/X11Libre/xserv… and github.com/orgs/X11Libre/…

@XLibreDev With two big ones gone to wayland it aint looking good for xorg... Too bad though, xlibre does a great job

@Guenter__ Yes, thank you! We added a "up to version 48" remark.

@XLibreDev So GNOME needs remark(s) there

@ScurrilousHound They're on the page too. Here: #window-managers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">github.com/X11Libre/xserv…

@XLibreDev What about WMs? Blackbox, Openbox, Fluxbox, IceWM, etc.?