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Fedora's default is Wayland, too, and has been for at least 4 years. Ditto NixOS. I think OP is mistaken and that most Linux installs use Wayland rather than a
by hollerith 2y ago
Fedora's default is Wayland, too, and has been for at least 4 years. Ditto NixOS.
I think OP is mistaken and that most Linux installs use Wayland rather than an X server.
- Rooster61 2y agoPossibly, but most every source on the matter that I find seems to think it's quite low, and I think that tracks. Folks start off on Wayland, hit a snag installing insert_your_application_here, google and find that Wayland doesn't support XYZ due to design, and switch over to X11. It's pretty trivial to switch for most distros
- hollerith 2y agoBy "sources" do you mean comments on forums like this one?
- Rooster61 2y agoIndeed. Most of them probably anecdotal and possibly flat out wrong. That said, I couldn't find a truly authoritative source and there does seem to be a preponderance of anecdotal posts across search results indicating that X11 does indeed have the bear share