Today I talk about the future of Xorg and Wayland.

  • Alexmitter@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Xorg will live on as a compatibility layer called Xwayland. Beyond that, no. Everyone dealing X on Bare Metal is either running away from the project or getting paid very well to continue maintaining that mess.

    • zurohki@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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      1 year ago

      The best part of Xwayland’s design is how it can go away when it isn’t needed anymore.

      You aren’t stuck dragging Xwayland along behind you forever - when you don’t have any X apps, you don’t need the compatibility layer.