Raspberry Pi OS Now Enables Wayland by Default on All Raspberry Pi Models
The biggest change in the new Raspberry Pi OS release is the enablement of the labwc Wayland compositor by default on all Raspberry Pi models. Previous Raspberry Pi OS versions used the Wayland windowing system by default only for Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspberry Pi 5 models.
Existing Raspberry Pi OS users will be switched to the labwc Wayland compositor the next time they update their installation. A prompt will ask them to switch to labwc the next time they reboot. Raspberry Pi devs recommend all users to switch to labwc for a better and smoother Raspberry Pi Desktop experience.
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Raspberry Pi OS Switches to Wayland on All Pi Models
The Raspberry Pi OS now uses Wayland instead of X11 across all Pi models. The change should improve performance and touch screen support, but the update for existing users is temporarily paused.
Raspberry Pi just released a new version of Raspberry Pi OS, the default desktop Linux operating system for Pi boards. It now uses the Wayland compositor Labwc for rendering the desktop across all models, instead of the Wayfire compositor already used on the Raspberry Pi 4 and 5, and the legacy X11 system used on older Pi boards. Existing users will get a popup message asking if they want to switch to the new compositor, keep the current one, or be remined again later.
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A new release of Raspberry Pi OS
Today we are releasing a new version of Raspberry Pi OS. This version includes a significant change, albeit one that we hope most people won’t even notice. So we thought we’d better tell you about it to make sure you do…
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Raspberry Pi OS Is Now Wayland By Default For All Models!
If you are into hardware tinkering, then you have most likely used a Raspberry Pi to give your DIY projects the appropriate firepower. Heck, you can even run Linux distributions or Windows on it if it suits you.
However, for many, the OS of choice is the Raspberry Pi OS, which is based on Debian and has been tailored by Raspberry Pi engineers to run well on their hardware.
In a recent announcement, they introduced a major change when it comes to how they handle the windowing system of their operating system.
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A new release of Raspberry Pi OS
The Raspberry Pi project has announced a new version of Raspberry Pi OS. It includes a number of significant changes, the most notable of which is that the Raspberry Pi Desktop now uses Wayland by default for all Pi models using the labwc compositor:
For most of this year, we have been working on porting labwc to the Raspberry Pi Desktop. This has very much been a collaborative process with the developers of both labwc and wlroots: both have helped us immensely with their support as we contribute features and optimisations needed for our desktop.
This release also features Linux 6.6.51, improved touchscreen support, a new screen configuration tool called raindrop, and more. See the release notes for a full list of changes.
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New release of Raspberry Pi OS brings Wayland to all models with a new compositor
The Raspberry Pi team have released a brand new version of the Raspberry Pi OS that brings with it Wayland support to all models.