Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka” to Remove the GNOME on Xorg (X11) Session

Posted by hanuca on Jun 10, 2025 9:04 PM CST
9to5linux.com; By Marius Nestor
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Canonical announced today that they plan to remove the GNOME on Xorg (X11) session from the upcoming Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka” release, defaulting only to Wayland.

Following the decision of the GNOME project to remove support for the Xorg Server for a more secure, faster, and modern Linux desktop experience, Ubuntu devs decided to remove the Xorg-based Ubuntu session, which was known as GNOME on Xorg, from the Ubuntu 25.10 (codename Questing Quokka) release.

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