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X11 vs Wayland (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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What's the difference for a real user between using X11 or Wayland nowdays? I haven't found anything useful on the internet, so I'm asking you. Internet articles on the topic (and about WMs too) seem to be advertising slop since they explain anything but the real things. Also, if anyone used the XLibre fork, I would love to hear about your experience with it.

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[–] whatiswrongwithyou@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The difference is that some things work on one and some things don’t work on the other.

For example: the literal whole way you’ve ever been able to use a computer will only work on x11. That’s because x11 comes directly from the lineage of human computer interface that you’re used to. Everything just works. Unless…

Counter example: new stuff is phasing out (or has already phased out) x11 support! Kde and gnome for example, are Wayland only in the most recent builds. That doesn’t mean your rich copying and accessibility tools still work. They just didn’t implement those parts.

If you believe that open source is an impenetrable monolith that cannot be changed then you’d better get on the Wayland ship now and figure out how to deal with its shortcomings before you’re left behind.

If you believe that open source projects can respond to their users and improve, stick with x11. It works and someone will support it.

[–] pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I knew GNOME dropped support for x11 only but never heard of KDE doing the same. But that was expectable anyway