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| Widely-Used libinput Updated Due To Arbitrary Root Code Execution | Desktop | 2026-06-03 |
| X.Org Server Starts June With Nine New Security Vulnerabilities Discovered Via AI | X.Org | 2026-06-01 |
| Libinput 1.31 Released With Configurable Timeouts, Fast 3-Finger Swipes | Desktop | 2026-02-13 |
| libinput 1.31 Bringing Support For Fast Three-Finger Swipes | Wayland | 2026-02-04 |
| X.Org Server's xkbcomp Updated For Four Security Issues Dating Back Years | X.Org | 2025-12-03 |
| libinput 1.30 Released With Support For Writing Plug-Ins In Lua | X.Org | 2025-11-25 |
| libinput 1.30-rc1 Released With Lua Plugin Support | X.Org | 2025-11-04 |
| libinput 1.29 Improving Scroll Wheel Responsiveness For Most Devices | Wayland | 2025-07-10 |
| GNOME Mutter Adds Support For Tablet Pad Relative Dials On Wayland | GNOME | 2025-04-26 |
| Libinput 1.28 Released With Three-Finger Drag | Free Software | 2025-03-24 |
| Linux's libinput Input Library Finally Supports 3-Finger Dragging | Hardware | 2025-02-24 |
| X.Org Server Development Hit A Decade High For The Number Of Commits In 2024 | X.Org | 2025-01-01 |
| Libinput 1.26 Rolls Out New Features, gsetwacom Introduced To Replace xsetwacom | Hardware | 2024-06-06 |
| udev-hid-bpf To Help Enable HID-BPF Use Rather Than Kernel Drivers To Fix HID Hardware | Hardware | 2024-04-22 |
| libinput 1.24 Brings Changes For Apple Touchpads, Drawing Tablets | Wayland | 2023-08-25 |
| libei 1.0 Released For Better Supporting Emulated Input On Wayland | Wayland | 2023-06-08 |
| libei 1.0 Nears For Emulated Input On Wayland | Wayland | 2023-05-17 |
| xf86-input-libinput 1.3 Brings Custom Pointer Acceleration Profile Support | X.Org | 2023-04-04 |
| VMware & QXL X.Org Video Drivers See New Updates After Several Years | X.Org | 2023-01-24 |
| X.Org Server No Longer Allowing Byte-Swapped Clients By Default | X.Org | 2023-01-06 |
| X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low | X.Org | 2022-12-30 |
| Fedora Linux Looks To Close Another "Large Attack Surface" With The X.Org Server | Fedora | 2022-12-22 |
| Libinput 1.22 Brings More Input Hardware Quirks, New Flat Acceleration Profile | Free Software | 2022-11-20 |
| Libinput 1.20 Being Prepared With Improved High Resolution Scrolling | X.Org | 2022-02-04 |
| xf86-input-libinput 1.2 Brings Touchpad Gestures, High Resolution Scrolling | X.Org | 2021-09-20 |
| Libinput 1.19 Released With Hold Gestures & High Resolution Wheel Scrolling | Wayland | 2021-09-14 |
| High Resolution Scrolling On Linux Progressing, Apple Magic Mouse Support In Linux 5.15 | Hardware | 2021-09-05 |
| Libinput X.Org Driver 1.0 Released Following A License Mixup | X.Org | 2021-04-06 |
| LIBEI Yields New Effort For Emulating Input Devices In Wayland | Wayland | 2020-07-31 |
| High Resolution Wheel Scrolling Back To Being Finished Up For The Linux Desktop | Desktop | 2020-04-04 |
| X.Org Saw A Lot Of Work In The 2010s Even With Wayland Taking Off | X.Org | 2019-12-28 |
| Libinput 1.15 Is On Approach With Various Improvements/Fixes For Linux Input Handling | X.Org | 2019-12-05 |
| A Vast Majority Of Linux's Input Improvements Are Developed By One Individual | X.Org | 2019-10-16 |
| Libinput 1.14 Released With Dell Canvas Totem Support, Touchpad Improvements | X.Org | 2019-08-08 |
| Libinput 1.14 RC Arrives With Better Thumb Detection & Dell Canvas Totem Support | X.Org | 2019-07-19 |
| Libinput 1.14 Will Support Dell's Totem Input Device | Hardware | 2019-06-19 |
| High Resolution Scroll Wheel Support Being Worked On For Wayland | Wayland | 2019-04-03 |
| Libinput 1.13 Released With Improved Touch Arbitration, Better Triple Tap Detection | Free Software | 2019-03-29 |
| Libinput 1.13 RC2 Better Detects Triple Taps | Wayland | 2019-03-22 |
| Libinput 1.13 Is Coming But High-Resolution Scrolling & Dell Totem Support Delayed | Hardware | 2019-03-14 |
| Libinput Working On User-Space Support For High Resolution Scroll Wheels | X.Org | 2019-01-25 |
| Revised High Resolution Scroll Wheel Support For Logitech/Microsoft Mice On Linux | Hardware | 2018-12-06 |
| Linux Input Expert Peter Hutterer Shows Off "GGKBDD" As Linux Gaming Keyboard Daemon | Linux Gaming | 2018-12-03 |
| Logitech High Resolution Scrolling Support Dropped From Linux 4.20 | Hardware | 2018-11-24 |
| Libinput 1.12 Released With New Quirks System, Touchpad Improvements | Wayland | 2018-09-11 |
| Libinput 1.12 RC3 Adds New Pointer Jump Detection For Dell XPS i2c-Based Touchpads | Wayland | 2018-09-04 |
| Libinput 1.12 Is Going To Be A Big Release For Bettering Linux Input | Wayland | 2018-07-30 |
| Libinput Gets Reworked Trackpoint Acceleration | Wayland | 2018-07-13 |
| Libinput 1.11 Released With Record & Replay Capabilities, New Acceleration Code | Wayland | 2018-06-05 |
| Evdev Driver Updated, Libinput 1.11 Prepares For Rollout With Record & Replay Support | X.Org | 2018-05-29 |
| Libinput 1.11 Is Bringing With It Many Linux Input Improvements | Wayland | 2018-05-22 |
| Understanding The X.Org Server's Complex Pointer Acceleration Code | X.Org | 2018-05-10 |
| Libinput Getting Support For Custom Acceleration Profiles | Wayland | 2018-04-12 |
| xf86-input-libinput 0.27.0 Released | X.Org | 2018-03-20 |
| Libinput 1.10 Released With Better Palm Detection, Drops Touchpad Hysteresis | Wayland | 2018-02-13 |
| Tuhi Is A New Project To Support Wacom SmartPads On Linux | Hardware | 2018-01-30 |
| Libinput 1.10 Is On The Way To Remove Touchpad Hysteresis | Wayland | 2018-01-22 |
| Libinput Picking up Record & Replay Abilities For Input | Wayland | 2017-11-28 |
| Libinput 1.9 Released With Input Improvements, Requires Meson | X.Org | 2017-10-19 |
| Libinput 1.9 Is Around The Corner With New Features | Wayland | 2017-09-27 |
| Inputfd Still Being Worked On For Direct Input Access Under Wayland | Wayland | 2017-08-23 |
| Libinput 1.8 Released | Wayland | 2017-07-03 |
| Libinput 1.8 Switches To Meson As Its Primary Build System | Wayland | 2017-06-18 |
| XWayland Picks Up Tablet Pad Support | X.Org | 2017-04-28 |
| More Details On The Proposed Inputfd Protocol For Wayland | Wayland | 2017-04-02 |
| Inputfd: Better Supporting Gaming Devices On Wayland | Wayland | 2017-03-31 |
| Libinput 1.7 Released With Support For Lid Switches, Scroll Wheel Improvements | Wayland | 2017-03-22 |
| Libinput Updates For Early March | Wayland | 2017-03-09 |
| Libinput 1.7 Is Carrying A Number Of Big Features | Wayland | 2017-02-23 |
| The X.Org Foundation Is Preparing For Their 2017 Elections | X.Org | 2017-02-18 |
| Libinput X.Org Driver Updated With New Capabilities | X.Org | 2017-02-09 |
| Libinput 1.6 Released With New Touchpad Acceleration | Wayland | 2017-01-19 |
| Libinput 1.6 Is Coming Soon With Its New Touchpad Acceleration | Wayland | 2017-01-10 |
| Reworked Touchpad Acceleration For Libinput: No Longer Terrible | X.Org | 2016-12-19 |
| Fedora 26 Planning To Drop The Synaptics X.Org Driver | Fedora | 2016-10-20 |
| Libinput X.Org Driver Updated For X.Org Server 1.19 | X.Org | 2016-09-30 |
| A Detailed Look At The Evdev Protocol | Hardware | 2016-09-19 |
| Wayland 1.12 RC2 Released, Libinput 1.5.0 Is Out | Wayland | 2016-09-14 |
| The Threaded Input Support In X.Org Server 1.19 | X.Org | 2016-09-09 |
| Libinput 1.4 Marks The Project Being "Done" For Its Original Goals | Wayland | 2016-07-19 |
| Libinput 1.4 Officially Released With Graphics Tablet Modes & More | Wayland | 2016-07-18 |
| Libinput 1.4 Release Candidate | Hardware | 2016-07-12 |
| Mode Switching Coming For Graphics Tablets In Libinput 1.4 | Hardware | 2016-07-11 |
| Libinput 1.3 Steps Closer To Being Released | Wayland | 2016-04-21 |
| Libinput Adds A Touchpad Software Middle Button | Wayland | 2016-04-06 |
| There's Still Time To Nominate Someone To The X.Org Board (2016) | X.Org | 2016-03-13 |
| Tablet Support Added To Wayland-Protocols 1.3 | Wayland | 2016-03-10 |
| The State Of Graphics Tablet Support For Libinput | Wayland | 2016-03-01 |
| Libinput 1.2 Officially Released | Wayland | 2016-02-23 |
| Libinput 1.2 Steps Closer To Reality | Wayland | 2016-02-15 |
| Libinput 1.1.5 Released, Still Dealing With Multi-Touch Woes | Hardware | 2016-01-25 |
| Hutterer: Is Wayland Ready Yet? | Wayland | 2016-01-22 |
| Are You Sure You Want X.Org To Die? | X.Org | 2016-01-18 |
| X.Org Might Lose Its Domain Name | X.Org | 2016-01-08 |
| Libinput Patches Add Three-Finger Pinch | Wayland | 2016-01-08 |
| Tablet Protocol & Weston Support Is Back To Being Baked | Wayland | 2015-11-06 |
| X.Org Server Commit Process Opens Up To More Developers | X.Org | 2015-10-27 |
| Libinput 1.1.0 Released, Brings Pointer Acceleration Profiles | Wayland | 2015-10-25 |
| Libinput 1.0.2 Brings Fixes | Free Software | 2015-10-21 |
| What's New With The X.Org Foundation? Not Too Much | X.Org | 2015-09-21 |
| The X.Org Foundation Has A New Secretary | X.Org | 2015-09-18 |
| More Details On The State Of Libinput & Libratbag For Linux Input | X.Org | 2015-09-16 |
| Libratbag: A New Library For Configurable Mice On Linux | Hardware | 2015-09-15 |
| Libinput 1.0 Officially Released | Wayland | 2015-08-25 |
| Libinput 1.0 Nears Release With Its First RC Now Out The Door | Wayland | 2015-08-20 |
| Pointer Acceleration Code Being Cleaned Up For Libinput | Hardware | 2015-08-05 |
| Libinput 0.20 Brings Touchpad Gestures | Wayland | 2015-07-16 |
| Libinput 0.19 Brings Improved Pointer Acceleration | Wayland | 2015-07-06 |
| Libinput 0.18 Has Improved Touchpad Handling | Wayland | 2015-06-22 |
| Libinput 0.17 Fixes Issues | Wayland | 2015-06-03 |
| Libinput 0.16 Now Supports Devices Like The Chromebook Pixel | Wayland | 2015-06-01 |
| Libinput 0.15 Adds New Debug Events Utility | Wayland | 2015-05-05 |
| Libinput X.Org Driver Updated (v0.9) | X.Org | 2015-04-23 |
| X.Org Foundation + SPI Merger Fails | X.Org | 2015-04-09 |
| Libinput 0.13 Changes The Tap Motion Threshold | Hardware | 2015-03-24 |
| Libinput 0.12 Released, Stabilizes The Input Library's API/ABI | X.Org | 2015-03-09 |
| Plans Brewing For Libinput 1.0 | Wayland | 2015-02-23 |
| Candidates For The 2015 X.Org Board Elections | X.Org | 2015-02-17 |
| Why The X.Org Foundation Wants To Join The SPI | X.Org | 2015-02-11 |
| Libinput Updated With Device Groups | Wayland | 2015-02-06 |
| Libinput 0.9 Adds Support For Hovering Fingers On Touchpads | Wayland | 2015-01-30 |
| 2015 X.Org Elections Get Underway For Board Members, SPI Merger | X.Org | 2015-01-26 |
| Switching From Evdev/Synaptics Drivers To Libinput On X.Org | Fedora | 2015-01-19 |
| Libinput 0.8 Improves Touchpad Support, Adds Axis Sources & Scroll Event Types | X.Org | 2015-01-15 |
| Wayland & Weston Saw Fewer Commits In 2014 | Wayland | 2015-01-04 |
| X.Org Server Saw More Code In 2014 Than 2013, But Its Heydays Are Over | X.Org | 2015-01-03 |
| SPI Will Decide Next Week About Associating With The X.Org Foundation | X.Org | 2014-12-06 |
| Libinput Is Great For X.Org & Wayland, Maybe Mir Too | X.Org | 2014-10-11 |
| The State Of The X.Org Foundation In Late 2014 | X.Org | 2014-10-11 |
| XDC 2014 Kicked Off This Morning In Bordeaux | X.Org | 2014-10-08 |
| Libinput Is Great & Improves Linux Input Handling | Wayland | 2014-09-24 |
| The Developers Leading Wayland This Year | Wayland | 2014-09-10 |
| X.Org Is Looking For Some Female Help | X.Org | 2014-09-04 |
| X.Org Server 1.15.2 Released | X.Org | 2014-06-27 |
| Wayland's libinput 0.4.0 Released | Wayland | 2014-06-25 |
| Synaptics 1.8.0 X.Org Driver Released | X.Org | 2014-05-12 |
| New X.Org Synaptics Driver Improves Touchpad Support | X.Org | 2014-04-30 |
| X.Org's Evdev Driver Shows Off Improvements | X.Org | 2014-04-29 |
| GNOME 3.12 Puts The X.Org Log In The Systemd Journal | X.Org | 2014-03-27 |
| X.Org's Synaptics Driver Gets Big Changes, New Laptop Support | X.Org | 2014-03-17 |
| X.Org 2014 Elections: 4 Candidates For 4 Seats | X.Org | 2014-02-18 |
| Wayland's Libinput Gets New Multi-Touch Touchpad | Wayland | 2014-02-17 |
| Weston-Forked Libinput Is Moving Forward With Input | Wayland | 2014-01-28 |
| Wayland's Weston Was Rapidly On The Rise This Year | Wayland | 2013-12-27 |
| The Re-Opened X.Org Server 1.15 Pushes Ahead | X.Org | 2013-10-05 |
| Wayland, Weston 1.2 Development Statistics | Wayland | 2013-07-24 |
| X.Org Foundation BoD Summaries | X.Org | 2013-05-30 |
| X.Org Servers Updated To Fix Security Flaw | Linux Security | 2013-04-17 |
| 2013 X.Org Board of Director Election Results | X.Org | 2013-04-09 |
| The X.Org Server Development Process Might Change | X.Org | 2013-03-02 |
