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That seems weird complaint about Wayland, Wayland requires every server to support these features, just like X11 also requires every server to support them? Sur
by zokier 2y ago
That seems weird complaint about Wayland, Wayland requires every server to support these features, just like X11 also requires every server to support them? Sure, there weren't that many X11 server implementations so maybe it was not so apparent, but as a protocol they seem pretty much equal in this regard.
- asveikau 2y agoThe criticism is that Wayland duplicates a lot of effort in multiple compositors. The compositor does work that happens in Xorg and in the WM. Whereas lots of common functionality gets implemented in Xorg that WMs and DEs don't need to duplicate.
- funcDropShadow 2y agoBut wayland merges more components into one server than X11 did. Therefore, there is a need for more wayland server then there was a need for X11 servers.
- account42 2y agoIt's not a weird complaint when on X11 when something is added it generally works for everyone whereas for Wayland the different implementators are still squabbling how to accomplish basic functionality people expect from their desktop computer. Or in other words, your comparison is like saying food and shit are basically the same thing because both are made up of similar elements.