Re: Wayland is coming

On Sat, 25 May 2024 09:47:11 -0000 (UTC)
Sebastian Wells <sebastian@here.com.invalid> wrote:

On Sun, 12 May 2024 00:57:07 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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On Sat, 11 May 2024 10:25:40 +0000, Ivan Shmakov wrote:
 

I prefer software that works to that being worked on. My understanding
is that there're a plenty of others who share this preference,
however odd it might seem.

 
That's fine. Except there don't seem to be enough such people, for X11,
at least, to continue working on it.

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The only danger to X11 is that RedHat will probably remove it from its
distros, and most or all other Linux distros will follow suit. In the
meantime, who knows what else RedHat will drop support for, for no reason
other than "old software bad."
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Fortunately, the BSDs will continue having X11, and they haven't been
wrecking their OSes like the Linux community, so that could be a viable
alternative.

Ever since Poettering got a job with MS** the writing really has been on the
wall. I wish Linus would expand his remit to more than just the kernel and
try and keep the whole OS on track rather than it slowly drifting towards
becoming some Windowsalike shit that seems to be its current trajectory.

** Though you have to wonder if maybe they had some involvement with him
before given systemd.