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I am using OpenBSD on an x86-64 desktop, and X is still very much the supported graphics environment. That said, there is interest in Wayland in these circles.

• 0x457 10mo ago
  Supported by whom? Xorg, the server, no longer maintained. Also, OpenBSD users already a tiny fraction of users...if every single OpenBSD desktop switches to Linux and Wayland, not a single metric will change significantly.
  • chasil 10mo ago
    OpenBSD also maintains OpenSSH, which has enormous market penetration. Their ssh supports the -X and -Y options to run remote X applications. Let me know when those go Wayland-specific and are able to encompass the new protocol. Until then, get comfortable in a small and discardable minority.
    • Conan_Kudo 10mo ago
      The `-X` and `-Y` options were a mistake to integrate into `ssh(1)`, it makes an assumption that everybody uses an Athena/X11 type system. That said, you can combine waypipe with ssh to do the same thing (ie. `waypipe ssh` will give you the same effect as `ssh -X`).
      • chasil 10mo ago
        Until those options are integrated into OpenSSH itself, Wayland remains in the minority.
        • esseph 10mo ago
          I'm not sure this statement makes any sense.
    • 0x457 10mo ago
      > Their ssh supports the -X and -Y options to run remote X applications. Cool, I remember using it in 2003 a few times. I highly doubt many people going to miss if those were gone. I would not be surprised if the majority of ssh server installations disable x11 session forwarding. > Until then, get comfortable in a small and discardable minority. Are you sure you're not confusing Wayland users with OpenBSD users?
  • bitwize 10mo ago
    OpenBSD maintains its own Xorg fork, called Xenocara.
• dvtkrlbs 10mo ago
  I mean the discussion is about Linux though no and even if we extend the umbrella with the BSD folks still I don't think wayland drops below %80