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ELI5 the whole Wayland vs X11 going on. (programming.dev)

submitted 10 months ago by alexdeathway@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] null 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You do realize you're allowed to still use X11, right?

[–] mnglw@beehaw.org -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I will be forced to, but x11 is no longer being developed, so its not very secure to do so

additionally, Wayland is going to be default on kde, and Im not sure if that means that it'll be default for me too if I update

not to mention that with it default on KDE, I'll be running into more and more bugs that just, will not be fixed, because "use Wayland" will be the new response to bug reports (GNOME actively does this with a critical GTK4/libadwaita bug)

the point is, Wayland is being rushed and was never ready for default

[–] null 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

x11 is no longer being developed

Says who?

additionally, Wayland is going to be default on kde, and Im not sure if that means that it'll be default for me too if I update

So when it's the default, you just pick X11 from the drop-down, like I do for Wayland today.

not to mention that with it default on KDE, I'll be running into more and more bugs that just, will not be fixed, because "use Wayland" will be the new response

Speculation. Gnome devs are notoriously stubborn, I don't see that being true for KDE.

the point is, Wayland is being rushed and was never ready for default

15 years is not a rush, and for most people it's ready. Making it the default will serve as a push to get developers to make their applications support it.

[–] Hapbt@mastodon.social 1 points 9 months ago

@null @mnglw the best open source projects take forever to 'do it right' and then create things that endure for 50+ years