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[–] 1 point 9 months ago* (1 child)

Yeah, I know of such "solution". But what is the point of forcing the change when it doesn't bring me tangible benefits, brings significant downsides, and only some of these downsides have half-useful workarounds?

I have no problem with whether wayland existing or it becoming the new standard, but forcing people to move in these circumstances seems a bit silly, especially when some issues stem from people having hardware from one manufacturer that represents around 75% of general consumer systems (according to Steam survey, which might or might not be representative but sure brings a lot of people).

Thankfully, at least with the distributions I use, switching back and forth is trivial. But given the circumstances, I don't really understand the extremely heavy push.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    I don’t think anyone’s forcing anyone to do anything. But not a lot of people are stepping to to maintain X

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    While it's certainly winded down over time, XOrg is still maintained. Last fix was released in september 2025. Is it enough? It never is. But that's not really an argument to move from "working" to "not working as well" for now.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    I thought most of the maintenance went towards Xwayland, though I don’t follow it that closely

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    It mostly did, yes. But when a big issue pops up, X still gets the occasional patch.

    And, since this is a bit of a hot topic it seems, that sounds fair to me. X is the past, wayland is the future. I'm just annoyed at people glossing over the reasons not everyone can move on.

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