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Mir 2.19 Released With Atomic KMS Platform Support, New Wayland Protocols

Written by Michael Larabel in Ubuntu on 2 December 2024 at 01:51 PM EST. 2 Comments

Mir 2.19 is out today as the newest version of this Ubuntu/Canonical project making it easier for other desktops/environments to embrace Wayland support. This set of libraries for building Wayland-based shells has added a few new features with today's update.

Mir 2.19 introduces initial atomic KMS platform support, the X11 kiosk support has been further enhanced, there is now support for the xdg_activation_v1 protocol, and other updates.

Plus there are a handful of bug fixes to address problems with resizing of XWayland apps using client side decorations, fixing a stuck-frame-after-mode-switch bug, and other random fixes.

Mir 2.19

Downloads and more details on the Mir 2.19 update via GitHub.

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