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Unless I'm misunderstanding the problem, Wayland is available on FreeBSD. https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/wayland https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/

Unless I'm misunderstanding the problem, Wayland is available on FreeBSD. https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/wayland https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/wayland

giancarlostoro 8mo ago
Some people hate wayland.
- AlecSchueler 8mo ago
  But surely not every BSD user?
  - giancarlostoro 8mo ago
    Not every BSD user, but the one you're responding to is most likely in that camp.
    - AlecSchueler 8mo ago
      But then there's no BSD/Linux dichotomy as they suggested.
- pjmlp 8mo ago
  Those people can contribute to Xorg server further development.
  - bee_rider 8mo ago
    The thing that kicked off this thread was hope that vim will continue to support X11. No need for continued X development really.
    - pjmlp 8mo ago
      On the contrary, because you will want to have those drivers when the time comes to reinstall the system with more modern hardware. Without X Server support at the OS level for the new hardware, doesn't really matter if vim supports it on its source code.
jmclnx 8mo ago
Not all *BSDs is FreeBSD :) A NetBSD posted a blog stating NetBSD is having issues porting Wayland due to Linux specific items. OpenBSD stated something similar. Both articles indicated it will be a very long time, if ever, to get Wayland fully working on their systems. I did see this presentation that describes some issues as of 2025. https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/talks/BSDCan2025-jeff_frasca-wayland-presentation.pdf https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/talks/BSDCan2025-jeff_frasca-way...