With Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka,” we are taking a significant step forward in the evolution of the Ubuntu Desktop by removing the Xorg-based Ubuntu session. Starting with this release the “Ubuntu” session in GDM will run exclusively on Wayland. This decision follows upstream GNOME’s roadmap and aligns with our long-term strategy of delivering a secure, performant, and modern desktop experience. Why We’re Making This Change Over the past several cycles, the Wayland experience has matured sig...
  • LeoMEnglish
    1•6 days ago

    I thought you could just install the missing bits to enable Gnome support of X, but that doesn’t seem to be the case:

    If you require Xorg specifically, you can install and use a non-GNOME desktop environment. Xorg itself is not going away, only GNOME’s support for Xorg.

    • Dan SimmonsOPEnglish
      1•4 days ago

      Yeah, it won’t be compiled to utilize X so even if you install the bits on a Gnome desktop it won’t do much. Any flavor that needs X must add the requirement to their flavor seed as it is being dropped from the common seed that all desktops share.