Public bug reported: There was an announcement [1] this week that Ubuntu Desktop 25.10 will no longer include the Xorg session. Ubuntu Desktop no longer needs xserver-xorg in the default install and is working on removing it there. The 'xorg' metapackage has a hard dependency on xserver-xorg. 'xorg' is included in desktop-common.
Therefore, we need 'xorg' to be removed from desktop-common and individually added to all the other Ubuntu desktop flavor seeds. I believe xorg installs unnecessary components and you might want to pick and choose pieces instead. For instance, I don't think most desktops need x11-apps or xcursor-themes. You will need xserver-xorg if you install a session that uses xorg. If you also include a Wayland session, you might want to split the Xorg session to a separate binary package like Ubuntu Desktop 25.04 did with ubuntu-session-xsession to allow people to try uninstalling that package to use only the Wayland session. [1] https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-25-10-drops-support-for-gnome- on-xorg/62538 ** Affects: kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: ubuntu-budgie-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: ubuntu-mate-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: High Assignee: Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) Status: Triaged ** Affects: ubuntucinnamon-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: ubuntukylin-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: ubuntustudio-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: xubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: questing ** Also affects: kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: ubuntucinnamon-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: ubuntu-budgie-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: ubuntu-mate-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: ubuntukylin-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: ubuntustudio-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: - There was an announcement this week that Ubuntu Desktop 25.10 will no - longer include the Xorg session. Ubuntu Desktop no longer needs xserver- - xorg in the default install and is working on removing it there. The - 'xorg' metapackage has a hard dependency on xserver-xorg. 'xorg' is + There was an announcement [1] this week that Ubuntu Desktop 25.10 will + no longer include the Xorg session. Ubuntu Desktop no longer needs + xserver-xorg in the default install and is working on removing it there. + The 'xorg' metapackage has a hard dependency on xserver-xorg. 'xorg' is included in desktop-common. Therefore, we need 'xorg' to be removed from desktop-common and individually added to all the other Ubuntu desktop flavor seeds. I believe xorg installs unnecessary components and you might want to pick and choose pieces instead. For instance, I don't think most desktops need x11-apps or xcursor-themes. You will need xserver-xorg if you install a session that uses xorg. If you also include a Wayland session, you might want to split the Xorg session to a separate binary package like Ubuntu Desktop 25.04 did with ubuntu-session-xsession to allow people to try uninstalling that package to use only the Wayland session. + + [1] https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-25-10-drops-support-for-gnome- + on-xorg/62538 ** Also affects: xubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-meta in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2114015 Title: Move xorg dependency from desktop-common to all the desktop flavor seeds instead Status in kubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: New Status in lubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: New Status in ubuntu-budgie-meta package in Ubuntu: New Status in ubuntu-mate-meta package in Ubuntu: New Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in ubuntucinnamon-meta package in Ubuntu: New Status in ubuntukylin-meta package in Ubuntu: New Status in ubuntustudio-meta package in Ubuntu: New Status in xubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: There was an announcement [1] this week that Ubuntu Desktop 25.10 will no longer include the Xorg session. Ubuntu Desktop no longer needs xserver-xorg in the default install and is working on removing it there. The 'xorg' metapackage has a hard dependency on xserver-xorg. 'xorg' is included in desktop-common. Therefore, we need 'xorg' to be removed from desktop-common and individually added to all the other Ubuntu desktop flavor seeds. I believe xorg installs unnecessary components and you might want to pick and choose pieces instead. For instance, I don't think most desktops need x11-apps or xcursor-themes. You will need xserver-xorg if you install a session that uses xorg. If you also include a Wayland session, you might want to split the Xorg session to a separate binary package like Ubuntu Desktop 25.04 did with ubuntu-session-xsession to allow people to try uninstalling that package to use only the Wayland session. [1] https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-25-10-drops-support-for- gnome-on-xorg/62538 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kubuntu-meta/+bug/2114015/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
