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From: John McCue <jmccue@magnetar.jmcunx.com>
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Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:48:33 -0000 (UTC)
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Javier <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
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> OSnews and other media are publishing these articles to push
> the idea that X11 is going to fade as a memory.

I doubt they are doing it on purpose, how many new pro-X11
articles are being published.  None to very few, I think
if some were being written, you would see it on OSNews.

> OSnews published another article recently about twm. And
> in my YouTube feed I'm also getting recommendations
> with videos about the history of X11 (from the channel
> RetroBytes).

Case in point, someone put out an article about twm(1) and
it ended up on OSNews.  I cannot get to OSNews because the
captha check freezes my browser right now, but I thought
I saw another X11 article there too.

> It's quite subtle, but this is a marketing campaign to promote
> Wayland and to stop devs from writing applications for X11
> (which is the most stable and portable API).

Personally, I think Wayland is being pushed because that
is where the action is right now.  Also, people have yet
to bring this up, the main developer of Wayland is also
one of the main developers for Xorg.

> In any case, reading about the history of X11 is an interesting topic.
Yes

Right now, I am hoping the BSDs would get together to keep
X current, but I kind of doubt that will happen.

-- 
[t]csh(1) - "An elegant shell, for a more... civilized age."
                        - Paraphrasing Star Wars