• WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    3·
    10 months ago

    There is no one devoloping for x11 anymore, it is abandonware and dead (even if still usefully sometimes) wayland isn’t the new shiny thing but it has been getting devoloped so so slowly and getting little support, because the focus on x11. Death of x11 is better for everyone

  • HouseWolf@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    As a Linux newcomer the Wayland/X11 thing has been the most confusing thing I’ve witnessed.

    Surely the average person will just use what works best on their system at that time? I don’t get people wishing to throw Wayland in the trash or the people who take issue with people still using X11.

    Kinda just seems like arguing because you have nothing better to do.

    • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
      1·
      10 months ago

      Kinda just seems like arguing because you have nothing better to do.

      When we don’t have Windows or Mac users to feel superior against, we will invent issues amongst ourselves.

    • Vilian@lemmy.ca
      1·
      10 months ago

      i started using linux 3 years ago because i literally didn’t have nothing better todo ‘-’

    • A7thStone@lemmy.world
      1·
      10 months ago

      It’s an age old Linux tradition. We argue about window managers, init systems, sound systems, and anything else we can. Often it’s because people have built a hacked together system based on what used to work for them. Relevant XKCD

  • PlexSheep@feddit.de
    1·
    10 months ago

    I just switched from fedora 39 plasma to green debian, it’s been very pleasant to have “it just works os” take care of things, including X11 just doing it’s regular old thing.

    But if course, Wayland is the future and I will happily use it by the time it becomes stable enough for a debian release. Go Wayland!

            • PlexSheep@feddit.de
              1·
              10 months ago

              The whole point of using Linux is the freedom that we can use what we want. Don’t play down other DEs you might not like, because the variety is what makes our environment amazing.

              • Pantherina@feddit.de
                11·
                10 months ago

                You can use what you want. I just say X11 is not developed anymore really, since years. It is decades old and insecure by design. Wayland just works, if not supported XWayland is chosen automatically.

                If you use MacOS or Windows today, you will see that Linux has no permission system at all. This is simply insecure.