Desktop

The following desktop related features and functionalities are deprecated in Oracle Linux 9.

X.org Server

In Oracle Linux 9, the X.org display server is deprecated, and consequently, the xorg-x11-server-Xorg package.

The default desktop session is the Wayland session. However, the X11 protocol continues to be supported by using the XWayland backend. Therefore, applications that require X11 can run in Wayland sessions.

GTK 2

The legacy GTK 2 toolkit and the following, related packages are deprecated:

adwaita-gtk2-theme
gnome-common
gtk2
gtk2-immodules
hexchat

If you maintain an application that uses GTK 2, port the application to GTK 4 as soon as possible.

Motif Toolkit

The Motif widget tool is deprecated, including the following packages:

motif
openmotif
openmotif21
openmotif22

Likewise, the motif-static package has been removed. In place of Motif, use the GTK toolkit.

LibreOffice and Inkscape

The LibreOffice RPM packages are now deprecated. However, LibreOffice itself continues to be supported.

As a replacement for the RPM packages, you can use the following sources to install LibreOffice:

Official Flatpak package in the Flathub repository: https://flathub.org/apps/org.libreoffice.LibreOffice.
Official RPM packages: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download-libreoffice/.

Likewise, the Inkscape Flatpak image (inkscape-flatpak) is also deprecated. As a replacement, use the inkscape RPM package from https://inkscape.org/.