The first preview release of xfwl4, Xfce's new Wayland compositor, is now available for wider alpha testing.

Xfce’s new Wayland compositor, xfwl4, reaches its first preview release and is now ready for wider alpha testing. https://linuxiac.com/xfce-wayland-compositor-gets-its-first-preview-release/ #xfce #opensource

First Xfwl4 Preview Release available! xfwl4 is our brand new Wayland compositor for Xfce. Read the blog post from the core developer driving this project, Brian Tarricone, for details: https://www.spurint.org/journal/2026/06/xfwl4s-first-preview-release #Xfce #xfwl4 #Wayland #Linux

Xfce’s new Wayland compositor sees first alpha release The developer working on Xfwl4, the Wayland compositor for Xfce, has published the new compositor's very first alpha release. Considering it's only been six months or so of work, it's impressive to see the effort reach this state already. The end goal of xfwl4 is to behave as closely as possible to an Xfce desktop running on https://www.osnews.com/story/145362/xfces-new-wayland-compositor-sees-first-alpha-release/ #Xfce