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>Was the push for Wayland in the hands of entities who perhaps didn't have a particularly strong interest in a classically useable desktop? As in, a combination
by Dalewyn 3y ago
>Was the push for Wayland in the hands of entities who perhaps didn't have a particularly strong interest in a classically useable desktop? As in, a combination of entities who really have no interest in a Linux desktop
You answered your own question.
The Linux community's (read: most graybeards') love for Linux is inversely proportional to their love for a GUI. The terminal is still the One True Way(tm) of doing anything serious in Linux.
Consider that among the hottest topics in Linux in the year 2023 is still the holy war between vi vs. emacs, nearly a quarter of the way through the 21st century. The people in charge of Linux (be it literally or figuratively) do not give a damn about GUI, which includes desktops. Using a mouse is heresy, a touchscreen is sacrilege.
- shrimp_emoji 3y agoI don't know. How did KDE, the best desktop in the world, come about? It's better than Windows's -- the DE of a multi-billion dollar OS with 98% planetary market share that's been iterated upon for like 30 years across uncountable dev hours. Dolphin vs. Explorer! Billions of dollars!!! Versus five Dutch guys, working for free!!!!!! Split views! Terminal integration! Dark mode BEFORE just a couple of years ago! File metadata under the filename! Tabs! TABS!!!!
- lostmsu 3y ago> Dark mode BEFORE just a couple of years ago That tickled my sense, and I looked up. Windows added dark mode in 2017.
- jrm4 3y agoRight, but what I'm saying is going "half-greybeard" is a good idea; just makes something simple that works. The stupid thing that GNOME et al are doing is trying to outsexy Apple or some nonsense.