Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Recently we saw the release and tagging of the first alpha/preview release of XFWL 4, XFCE's wayland compositor so lets check it out and see what state it's in.

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Original Announcement: alexxcons.github.io/blogpost_15.html
Preview Release: spurint.org/journal/2026/06/xfwl4s-first-preview-release
AUR Package: aur.archlinux.org/packages/xfwl4-devel
FAQ: wiki.xfce.org/xfwl4_faq

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