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Wayland doesn't need to be perfect, it just needs to an improvement over Xorg, which is hampered by its complexity and reverse compatibility.
by cowtools 4y ago
Wayland doesn't need to be perfect, it just needs to an improvement over Xorg, which is hampered by its complexity and reverse compatibility.
- uecker 4y agoI do not think the criticism of Xorg is really correct. At its core, it is actually a nice and well-designed protocol. It is also rock-solid, works without any problem in all my configurations, and supports remote desktop.
- lmm 4y ago> Wayland doesn't need to be perfect, it just needs to an improvement over Xorg Agreed, but it shows no signs of ever achieving that. Yes, it has mixed DPI support, which is not nothing, but that doesn't generally make up for the areas where it doesn't have parity with Xorg and never intends to reach that parity. (Network transparency, screen recording, ...) > which is hampered by its complexity and reverse compatibility Users don't care about technical elegance. If and when those things start causing user-visible issues with Xorg then Wayland might get a chance.