Think twice before abandoning Xorg. Wayland breaks everything

by gala8yon 6/14/2025, 4:51 PMwith 15 comments

by bluGillon 6/14/2025, 5:43 PM

not my experience - I switched a year ago and have yet to notice anything not working. X backers rant about things all the time but realistically for most wayland just works. the example - xkill - is something that should be killed on X since it is a big security issue. there are also a number of cases where X does not work and cannot because of design issuses, but I have never encountered them either.

which is to say try it for yourself - odds it works and you won't have to worry.

by mouse_on 6/14/2025, 5:24 PM

quick disclaimer before anyone starts telling their friends about x11libre; the project is associated with MAGA language and personally I don't trust it

https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/issues/40

If I were to take it several steps further, the conspiracy theorist in me says that redhat has the biggest incentive to make Wayland haters look silly. Of course that's just conjecture.

by bitwizeon 6/15/2025, 12:05 AM

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