Firefox browser Firefox 121will try to enable Wayland display protocol by default

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens Wu Yanzu in South China for the delivery of clues! CTOnews.com, November 14, Wayland is an alternative window system for the Linux distribution, replacing the aging X11 standard. However, due to the problem of application compatibility, Wayland has not been well promoted.

According to the latest information, Firefox Firefox 121will try to enable the Wayland display protocol by default. Mozilla Bug 1752398 for "publishing Wayland backend" has been shut down and is now ready to support Firefox 121after two years of opening.

This patch removes the "previous beta or earlier" check to enable Wayland support by default when running on the latest version of GTK. According to the CTOnews.com query, Firefox 121 will be released around December 19, and the Wayland backend is expected to be enabled by default.

With the default use of Wayland in KDE Plasma 6.0, improvements in the XWayland rootful mode, and other developments in (X) Wayland, Wayland is expected to be widely adopted in the Linux desktop world in 2024.