Several New X.Org Libraries See 2026 Releases (www.phoronix.com)

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While we wait to see what comes of the new X.Org Server Git branch plans and a possible X.Org Server 26.1 release, several X.Org libraries saw new point releases this weekend. These seldom-updated libraries saw new releases to ship various build fixes and other minor improvements.

Alan Coopersmith of Oracle's Solaris team and long-time X.Org release wrangler spent a lot of time this weekend shipping new upstream X.Org library updates

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[-] nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Oh yeah, Mint is also pretty special. It's pretty good for non-gaming "it just works" purposes, but recommending it blind for gaming is just straight up evil: No Gnome. No KDE. Just three niche DEs that are still mostly stuck on X11. Meaning, that if you want to properly make use any recent monitor features (as in, decade old features) your only option is to switch to another distro.

It's a surefire way to get someone to switch back to Windows.

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