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The X windowing system is nearly 40 years old. A lot of its problems stem from design decisions that were made many years ago, and which are virtually impossibl
by duskwuff 4y ago
The X windowing system is nearly 40 years old. A lot of its problems stem from design decisions that were made many years ago, and which are virtually impossible to fix. A replacement is overdue.
- magicalhippo 4y agoWell Wayland 1.0 is 10 years old in October... Given how far away Wayland is from replacing Xorg for many, I wouldn't be surprised if it'll be replaced by something else before getting its time in the limelight. Wouldn't be the first time. Then again, never underestimate sunk cost I suppose...
- uecker 4y agoCounter argument: In contrast to Wayland, X is well engineered with a beautiful core protocol and an extension scheme that let it evolve in a modular way for 40 years. I hate that Linux regresses since about a decade because people insist on rewriting the old stuff producing inferior, incompatible, and half-broken garbage. The arguments for replacing X were never good.
- kaba0 4y agoHow on Earth is X modular? Why is it a goddamn huge program with literally no reimplementations if it is so good?
- jrm4 4y agoBut I would argue that reality says that you're objectively wrong about "A replacement is overdue." In the real world, X has remained as good as, or better than Wayland this whole time. Proven by "people still use it, a LOT."