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bnegreve: X.org-like network transparency falls outside the scope of Wayland, so it was never really dropped as a feature. Moreover, as I understand it, you wi

by cs702 14y ago

bnegreve: X.org-like network transparency falls outside the scope of Wayland, so it was never really dropped as a feature. Moreover, as I understand it, you will be able to run X.org as a Wayland client, so you're not losing anything compared to today's setup. (IOW, you will be able to run remote X11 apps transparently over the network on a Wayland server.) Not only that, but Wayland clients can use any other network protocol -- VNC, RDP, etc. IMO Wayland too is a big win for the Linux desktop.

bnegreve 14y ago
> you will be able to run X.org as a Wayland client Not really, application developed over X.org control the display through a drawing API. This is why network transparency (among other things) is so simple. If people start developing application for Wayland this won't be that simple/elegant. We are dropping a level of indirection for performance purpose. This is quite unique in the history.