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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Fedora proposing to remove X11 Gnome
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2025 08:04:19 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-04-26, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Apr 2025 03:03:25 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>
>> It's not a matter of what they *should* do, it's a matter of choosing
>> something different that better fits your needs. If Fedora jettisons
>> X11, I'll jettison Fedora. It's a matter of choice. With Linux you *can*
>> choose what you prefer (unlike Windows or Macs).
>
> The KDE spin has been Wayland for some time. xclock works so maybe they 
> still have XWayland. Ubuntu is also Wayland.  For that matter 'loginctl 
> show-session 1' on the RPi running Raspberry Pi OS also shows wayland for 
> the type. 
>
> The only possible problem I've seen was QGIS popped a warning that some 
> dialogs might not render correctly but that's been fixed for a long time.

It's not that Fedora has chosen to default to Wayland that bothers me, it's 
that, if the vote goes "their" way (whoever "they" are), they'll take away 
the choice to use X11 when using Fedora. That's fine. I don't have to use 
with Fedora (and I won't if they do this). As for Wayland, I've run into a 
few issues with it. I could probably work around them but I don't see why 
that should be necessary. I'm definitely not going to move to KDE for a 
better Wayland experience.

It's not that big of a deal, I just like choice and making my own decisions. 
So far Linux Mint, Debian and even Ubuntu still either default to or let me 
choose X11. (So far, even Fedora let's me choose X11, which I do.)

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