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Wayland is simpler because it does less. And among the things Wayland doesn't do and X does are things that people need. It means these things have to be implem
by GuB-42 2y ago
Wayland is simpler because it does less. And among the things Wayland doesn't do and X does are things that people need. It means these things have to be implemented elsewhere.
It is a common problem with these "simple" things. The problem is complex, and if you simplify one part, you are just pushing complexity elsewhere, you are not making it disappear. It is sometimes a good thing, but in the case of Wayland, it didn't go well.
- freehorse 2y agoThere is also the option to make complexity disappear by just convincing people that they should not want to do what they want to do. This was the kind of response to what I needed to do. Then I had to switch back to x11. In any case wayland is not bad if you only have pretty basic needs I guess, some basic things look easier to me there from a user perspective, and troubleshooting x11-related issues for a non-technical person is no fun either.