GNOME 49 Alpha Is Now Available for Public Testing, Disables X11 Session by Default

Posted by hanuca on Jul 8, 2025 3:40 AM CST
9to5linux.com; By Marius Nestor
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Today, the GNOME Project announced the alpha version of the upcoming GNOME 49 desktop environment series for public testing, giving us a first taste of the new features and enhancements.

Probably the biggest change of the upcoming GNOME 49 desktop environment series is that the X11 (GNOME on Xorg) session has been disabled by default in various core components, including GDM (GNOME Display Manager), Mutter, and GNOME Session, the latter also dropping the session restore functionality and X Session Management Protocol (XSMP) support.

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