Re: Wayland Is Coming

In comp.windows.x, Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 9 May 2024 07:39:00 -0000 (UTC), Muttley wrote:

If a framebuffer is all thats required now then whats the
point of Wayland?

In a word? Compositing. We run modern multitasking OSes nowadays,
remember.

I don't use a compositing window manager now, or ever that I can
remember, but I have been using Linux full time since before Y2K.
And "multitasking" on Unix much longer.

That's no reason to switch to Wayland.

Wayland being a rewrite that removes a lot of cruft in X11: that would
be something to emphasize.

Unfortunately it has also removed all of the hooks for screen readers,
and other non-standard ways to interface with a GUI, so it's still
basically a toy.

I may end up using it at some point, but I have yet to feel excited
about it.

Elijah
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just one look at .Xresources and issues with X11 are obvious