>It's not bloated X11 has a big number of issues. Security, very complicated mechanisms (like how clipboard is handled), HiDPI are some of these issues. X11 _i

>It's not bloated X11 has a big number of issues. Security, very complicated mechanisms (like how clipboard is handled), HiDPI are some of these issues. X11 _is_ bloated (for instance it has an drawing API). It's not like Wayland makes things that were possible on X11 impossible, it's just that replacements for everything don't exist yet. For instance there's no standardized way to make panels/docks/notification daemons. Same goes for screenshooters and screen recording. We -- the wlroots developers -- have been campaigning to push new protocols to bridge the gap. For instance the layer shell mentioned in the article is a protocol we try to standardize [1]. [1]: https://github.com/swaywm/wlr-protocols/blob/master/unstable/wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1.xml https://github.com/swaywm/wlr-protocols/blob/master/unstable...