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That's quite a stretch, Wayland and X (any X, 11 or hypothetical 12) are so vastly different that calling Wayland "the new X" is like calling Quartz "X for macO

by lloeki 4y ago

That's quite a stretch, Wayland and X (any X, 11 or hypothetical 12) are so vastly different that calling Wayland "the new X" is like calling Quartz "X for macOS".

em-bee 4y ago
isn't X11 a full redesign of X10 like Wayland is of X11?
- stonogo 4y ago
  Not a full redesign. It was sufficiently close that you could compile X10 software and link in -loldX and run it under X11.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
  Wayland doesn't inherit any architecture from X. XWayland is just a display server hosted by Wayland same as Exceed or Xorg on MS Windows. This is why X will never die since it can always be run on top of other graphical systems.
sshine 4y ago
Yes, but the comparison is still valuable.
mort96 4y ago
It's not as far fetched as you'd think. My understanding is that Wayland is a result of X11 developers going together to design a new protocol based on the thoughts and ideas they've had for an "X12" throughout the decades.
- throw009 4y ago
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