Think twice before abandoning Xorg. Wayland breaks everything

by gala8y on 6/14/2025, 4:51:34 PM with 15 comments

  • by bluGill on 6/14/2025, 5:43:15 PM

    not my experience - I switched a year ago and have yet to notice anything not working. X backers rant about things all the time but realistically for most wayland just works. the example - xkill - is something that should be killed on X since it is a big security issue. there are also a number of cases where X does not work and cannot because of design issuses, but I have never encountered them either.

    which is to say try it for yourself - odds it works and you won't have to worry.

  • by mouse_ on 6/14/2025, 5:24:56 PM

    quick disclaimer before anyone starts telling their friends about x11libre; the project is associated with MAGA language and personally I don't trust it

    https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/issues/40

    If I were to take it several steps further, the conspiracy theorist in me says that redhat has the biggest incentive to make Wayland haters look silly. Of course that's just conjecture.

  • by bitwize on 6/15/2025, 12:05:53 AM

    No. Wayland fixes everything. It is the correct architecture for a modern display, and it works for most people. It still has a lot of bugs, but they'll never get fixed if people fall back to X. Be gay, do crime, use Wayland, file bug reports. The "but X is just fine for my use case" crowd are like vaccine denialists (funny, because Enrico is both): we have to actively stem the flow of their disinformation. No, it's not fine; it's dead, and it will never be improved from its current state. Go back and watch Daniel Stone's talk on repeat until you learn.