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Is that really true about Wayland? I'm no expert on the subject matter, just a regular Linux user. From skimming the discussions, however, Wayland is touted as
by leononame 2y ago
Is that really true about Wayland? I'm no expert on the subject matter, just a regular Linux user. From skimming the discussions, however, Wayland is touted as a simpler alternative to X because it comes without 25 years of baggage and bolted on things that turned X11 into a complex beast. Also, the security model of Wayland is often praised.
All in all, I had the impression that while a lot of things are WIP, Wayland had taken a more holistic approach because it was able to learn from X11's mistakes. Has Wayland really that unexpected complexity that it's now as much a part of the problem than it is a part of the solution?
- RedShift1 2y agoWayland is simple because it lets someone else do the heavy lifting (the compositor).
- immibis 2y agoYes, it's true about Wayland. It started as a project to "let's just send pixels to the screen and remove the rest" and then it discovered why the rest existed, and reimplemented much of it in a more annoying or at least equally annoying ways.