--- title: XWayland 26.1 RC1 Released With Many New Features description: Red Hat's Olivier Fourdan announced the first release candidate of XWayland 26.1, bringing hundreds of changes accumulated over two years since version 24.1.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/xwayland-26-1-rc1-released-with-many-new-features-masi6f95s twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: XWayland 26.1 RC1 Released With Many New Features | daily.dev og:description: Red Hat's Olivier Fourdan announced the first release candidate of XWayland 26.1, bringing hundreds of changes accumulated over two years since version 24.1.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/xwayland-26-1-rc1-released-with-many-new-features-masi6f95s og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mASI6f95s.png og:image:alt: XWayland 26.1 RC1 Released With Many New Features og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # XWayland 26.1 RC1 Released With Many New Features **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Red Hat's Olivier Fourdan announced the first release candidate of XWayland 26.1, bringing hundreds of changes accumulated over two years since version 24.1. Key updates include a rootful clipboard/primary selection bridge, multi-seat support via XInput 2, support for the wl_fixes protocol, improved RandR emulation that respects native modes and rotation, better fullscreen defaults for rootful mode, and support for the xdg-system-bell protocol. EGLStream support has been dropped now that the NVIDIA Linux driver works without it. No new X.Org Server release is planned alongside this. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What changed in XWayland 26.1 regarding EGLStream and NVIDIA support? XWayland 26.1 removes EGLStream support entirely, now that the NVIDIA Linux driver stack works properly without it. This is one of hundreds of changes accumulated over the two years since XWayland 24.1, alongside a new clipboard bridge for rootful mode, multi-seat support via XInput 2, and support for the wl_fixes and xdg-system-bell protocols. _Track graphics stack changes like this XWayland update via daily.dev before upgrading a Linux desktop._ ### Does Xwayland rootful mode support clipboard sharing with the Wayland desktop? Yes, XWayland 26.1 adds a clipboard and primary selection bridge for its rootful implementation, enabled with the "-clipboard" flag, allowing copy and paste between rootful Xwayland and the rest of the Wayland desktop. Rootful fullscreen also now defaults to the actual output resolution instead of scaling up from 640x480. _daily.dev helps developers stay current on Wayland and Xwayland interoperability fixes like this one._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [XWayland 26.1 RC2 Released For Testing With More Fixes](https://daily.dev/posts/xwayland-26-1-rc2-released-for-testing-with-more-fixes-wmlfd38lv) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [X.Org Server 26.1 Moves Closer To Release As Half-Decade Update](https://daily.dev/posts/x-org-server-26-1-moves-closer-to-release-as-half-decade-update-6ul861uf3) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Wayland 1.25 RC1 Released With Improved Documentation, Minor Changes](https://daily.dev/posts/wayland-1-25-rc1-released-with-improved-documentation-minor-changes-yzmeenxd2) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Ubuntu 25.10 Scraps X11 for Wayland: A Solid Step Forward](https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-25-10-scraps-x11-for-wayland-a-solid-step-forward-6c2jvnb08) · The New Stack · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#nvidia](https://daily.dev/tags/nvidia) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/xwayland-26-1-rc1-released-with-many-new-features-masi6f95s) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"XWayland 26.1 RC1 Released With Many New Features","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/xwayland-26-1-rc1-released-with-many-new-features-masi6f95s","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/xwayland-26-1-rc1-released-with-many-new-features-masi6f95s"},"datePublished":"2026-08-19T14:14:15.829Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T07:55:10.199Z","description":"Red Hat's Olivier Fourdan announced the first release candidate of XWayland 26.1, bringing hundreds of changes accumulated over two years since version 24.1....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ebc56983e45252b7951e91f6fec4d07f?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ebc56983e45252b7951e91f6fec4d07f?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Phoronix","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Phoronix","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/6a26ba379dd64932830aa0c9803dd7ee","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/xwayland-26-1-rc1-released-with-many-new-features-masi6f95s","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"linux,nvidia","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Phoronix","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"XWayland 26.1 RC1 Released With Many New Features"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/xwayland-26-1-rc1-released-with-many-new-features-masi6f95s#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What changed in XWayland 26.1 regarding EGLStream and NVIDIA support?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"XWayland 26.1 removes EGLStream support entirely, now that the NVIDIA Linux driver stack works properly without it. 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