Re: Distros specifically designed for children

On 30/05/2025 11:59, Pancho wrote:

On 5/29/25 13:47, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 29/05/2025 13:07, Borax Man wrote:

I'm sticking with X11 until it is no longer viable.

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I'm sticking with it until everything I want to do runs on Wayland.
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 I had to go with Wayland. TV/Video acceleration on Armbian (AArch64) required it for Gnome.
 It seems OK, apart from I still can't run an RDP server (RDP client is fine). I can run an RDP server from X64 Wayland.
 X windows was a cool idea, running a window remotely, but I can't remember using it much. So the change made very little difference to me.
 

I tried it once. Too damned slow for video

I don't *like* X11. But it now just about works OK
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It uses a lot of memory for what it is.
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Lord knows how much CPU it munches just moving windows around
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 I think it was the NextStation circa 1990 that first dragged whole windows rather than outlines, I think computers have gotten better at it since then.

Well as Richard pointed out, its strictly GPU doing the munching. And that's what they are designed to do.
I have to say on this *86 they move as fast as they need to...
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