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So what? What percentage of Wayland desktops are on Linux? Do comments on Wayland generalize to comments on Linux? What percentage of Linux installations are on
by ddevault 6y ago
So what? What percentage of Wayland desktops are on Linux? Do comments on Wayland generalize to comments on Linux? What percentage of Linux installations are on x86_64? Do comments about Linux generalize to x86_64?
No, obviously they don't. So, knock it off.
- michaelmrose 6y agoIf the majority of new users are exposed to linux via wayland and exposed to wayland via gnome and the gnome experience sucks people will perceive that linux wayland and gnome suck regardless of who is at fault. Have anyone ever bought a car or piece of electronics that was bad because of a particular component and though wow <component oem nobody has heard of> really sucks instead of <name on the box> sucks? Desktop linux may be a niche but window managers are a niche among niches. Interesting window managers implemented via Wayland are a niche in a niche in a niche.
- ddevault 6y agoGNOME sucks. This sucks for users. GNOME is popular, so it sucks for a lot of users. That is not a statement about Wayland, so fucking knock it off. If you really want to fix this problem for this large number of users, you ought to make it about GNOME, to pressure them into fixing it and make more people aware of the problem. Making it about Wayland is (1) wrong and (2) makes it worse for the people actually doing something about it.