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A good way to think about Wayland is the screen manager brought to you by the people who thought xrandr, Mesa, Cairo, the Linux FireWire stack, and freetype wer
by seminatl 7y ago
A good way to think about Wayland is the screen manager brought to you by the people who thought xrandr, Mesa, Cairo, the Linux FireWire stack, and freetype were good things. If you come in with appropriate expectations you’ll be amazed that any of it works at all.
Is you think it over for a bit you’ll realize that the real Linux graphics protocol is Android SurfaceFlinger. Wayland is like five orders of magnitude less popular.
- epx 7y agoI have had this unpopular opinion since the beginning of the decade: Linux should just adopt AOSP UI, be able to run apps, and that’s it.
- michaelmrose 7y agoThe android interface would be hot garbage on desktops/laptops. Not everyone uses a 12in netbook with only a browser window open. The fact that Android is successful does not actually make it good and most of the apps are worthless on a large screen whereas there are lots of actual apps for Linux of note.
- imtringued 7y agoSo what stops you from doing just that? (There is ChromeOS, anbox and co)
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y agoAnd Android x86, to take it from a slightly different angle
- umanwizard 7y agoWho is "Linux" ? Who exactly do you think should adopt AOSP UI?