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this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2026
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It (Wayland) is the default session, but supports both for now. OP mentioned they chose the X11 session because games lose mouse lock, which is why GNOME wasn't an option since it doesnt support X11.
It supports both, but X is going through Wayland, not a direct support. At least that's how I understand it.
no. i believe you're talking about how existing x11 programs can run under wayland through xwayland. kde plasma as of now can still operate as an X11 DE.
To clarify: KDE Plasma has both an X11 and Wayland session, on the Wayland session X11 apps run using the provided Xwayland server.
The difference is that there are some restrictions for X11 apps, like on many distros X11 apps can't detect all keypresses when not focused or steal mouse focus.
Ah, ok, makes sense.