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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Wayland
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:10:11 -0400
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% wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> vallor wrote:
>> On 18 Apr 2025 09:35:11 GMT, vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote in
>> <m6ekmeFk2hbU3@mid.individual.net>:
>> 
>>> "They'll get my xfce desktop when they pry it from my cold, dead
>> fingers..."
>>>
>>> Seriously though, X11 continues to be viable and works well.  So far,
>>> I haven't seen anyone articulate why Wayland would be better.
>> 
>> Note commentary (and Wayland attitude) at following discussion:
>> 
>>     https://www.reddit.com/r/xfce/comments/10609bg/wayland/
>> 
>> One comment:
>> 
>> ] For many Linux users, Wayland in its current state does not solve any
>> ] problem or offer any particular benefit sufficient to justify replacing
>> ] X11 with it. This is especially true of those who prefer to stick with
>> ] stable conventions rather than prematurely adopt novel solutions, who
>> ] account for a large proportion of the XFCE userbase and its development
>> ] community.
>> 
> and more comlaints

Stop complaining, %.

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