Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Natural Philosopher Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Distros specifically designed for children Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 19:18:19 +0100 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 25 Message-ID: <1017k1b$3c1ai$2@dont-email.me> References: <100le5o$318dd$1@dont-email.me> <100ljn1$30vat$2@dont-email.me> <6831b9a7$0$8595$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <6832fab9$0$11442$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10102st$1j2ov$1@dont-email.me> <10131ao$28rgm$1@dont-email.me> <1016dr6$1e7od$1@news1.tnib.de> <1016gih$355q7$6@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 20:18:20 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d34a0abd4b295e5f2e95d758581834f6"; logging-data="3540306"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/PP1kSoShlNpPaKahhxv6hDTAt5vwD9Zo=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:F0tW4bwMmLuYdcJ/oU2dDiBSfDo= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB On 28/05/2025 19:11, rbowman wrote: > On Wed, 28 May 2025 12:06:51 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote: > >> I was reading some discussion on the Fedora forum for devs, about >> removing X11. Linux's big problem, is that developers just don't really >> consider end users, but themselves and their vision. > > Ubuntu 26.04 is supposed to be Wayland only. No more xclock! Frankly I think that X windows is grossly oversized and inefficient and 95% of the code in it never gets invoked. Definitely room for a lightweight GUI base that works, but as yet no one seems to have got the compatibility libraries working OK. -- The higher up the mountainside The greener grows the grass. The higher up the monkey climbs The more he shows his arse. Traditional