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  • Preparing for KDE Plasma's Last X11-Supported Release
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Jun 2026
    > not sure if supporting them is even a goal

    Technically, it is a goal, though perhaps an optimistic one.

    I won't support vicious widgets in the 2.x releases, but I should definitely add support for it in the release/1.4 branch that follows AwesomeWM master/4.4. Not that I think vicious widgets are the best, but technically if it runs on AwesomeWM, I should support it in 1.4.

    I created an issue (https://github.com/trip-zip/somewm/issues/599), even if you decide not to use SomeWM. Thanks for trying it out.

  • Can I start using Wayland in 2026?
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Jan 2026
    If somewm[1] continues to develop, why not? Otherwise I will not be sacrificing my decade-old work style with awesomewm.

    [1] https://github.com/trip-zip/somewm

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trip-zip/somewm is an open source project licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0 or later which is an OSI approved license.

The primary programming language of somewm is Lua.


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