I currently use Barrier (https://github.com/debauchee/barrier) which has
been forked as Input Leap (https://github.com/input-leap/input-leap)
I understand that Barrier doesn't work under Wayland. (I couldn't get
it to work at all)
I also note that Input Leap doesn't support clipboard sharing under Wayland.
I'm probably not alone in using this software, so migrating completely
away from Xorg is a non-starter for me.
Thanks for all you do,
Mike.
On 11/27/25 09:43, Valder N. wrote:
Good afternoon, dear developers of the KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment.
Could you please clarify the situation with the news
<https://blogs.kde.org/2025/11/26/going-all-in-on-a-wayland-future/>
about discontinuing support for the X11 protocol in favor of
supporting only the Wayland protocol starting with version 6.8?
I hope you understand that even according to the data provided in the
article, X11-session is used by 30% of active users. In reality, this
number is significantly higher, and to verify this, you can refer to
the statistics on the use and downloads of individual software
packages in the repositories of active distributions. However, even
30% (!) should be more than enough to justify the need to continue
supporting this protocol.
Perhaps in the future (but apparently not soon!), Wayland will replace
X11, but this should be done in an evolutionary manner, rather than by
cutting off support for what currently works and provides the best
performance.
In particular, in tests on virtual machines, the use of the Wayland
protocol leads to increased RAM consumption, as well as memory leaks
over time. This is not observed in X11 sessions. The “speed” of the
working environment and its “responsiveness” in X11-session is also
clearly noticeable.
In this regard, we kindly request that the entire community that
regularly uses the KDE Plasma desktop and regularly uses X11-session
continue to support X11-session and not follow the path of GNOME.
I sincerely hope for your conscientiousness and responsiveness.
With deep respect,
User who has been using KDE Plasma for over 20 years
