> But, if the state of graphics on linux is so bad, why are they spending their scarce resources writing an entirely new graphics stack rather than maintaining

> But, if the state of graphics on linux is so bad, why are they spending their scarce resources writing an entirely new graphics stack rather than maintaining the one that works? X11, being 37 years old has fundamental limitations in it's design that make it unsuitable for modern computing. There has been better ideas in the decades that followed that are incompatible with the X11 way of doing things. This is a discussion that has happened years ago, all that's needed is to perfect the implementation so that everyone can move onto it.