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A chapter of Linux's history comes to a close as Kubuntu drops X11 support for Wayland (www.xda-developers.com)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

There will be enough people asking this as a joke, but I am very serious. Is it actually time to move on from X11 for everyone?

I have been using linux since a couple months after Linus put the first bits of code on an ftp. I have been mainlining it since 1999 and it has been my entire career since 2009.

I have been through all the iterations. The svsV's, the runits, the systemd's. And while I don't enjoy a ton of change I did get over it for all of these and still feel 'at home'.

But for wayland? I have never even tried. I just see everyone saying you are fucked if you have X or Y hardware, or if you require A or B legacy workflows.

Is NOW really the time for old codgers to give it a serious go?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not sure for all use cases, I can confidently say that if you depend on networking features of X or something like xrdp (Like me lol) then that's going to be a solid NO

But if not, then maybe?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Curious what your workflow is that can not be done via a full RDP solution (kfrb/krdc, wayvnc, and whatever GNOME uses) or waypipe?

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