elementary OS 8.1 Released with Wayland Session by Default, ARM64 Support

Posted by hanuca on Dec 22, 2025 7:22 PM EDT
9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor
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The elementary OS team released today elementary OS 8.1 as the latest stable version of their Ubuntu-based distribution using the modern Pantheon desktop environment.

Based on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS (Noble Numbat) and powered by Linux kernel 6.14, elementary OS 8.1 makes the Wayland-based Secure Session introduced in elementary OS 8.0 the default, with the X11-based Classic Session as a fallback option for those who encounter issues with the Wayland-based session.

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