Some more on X vs Wayland discussion

I wholeheartedly agree with the following article

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I fall more on the skeptical side of the X11Libre fork; such as Libre Arts - Weekly recap — 8 June 2025

It doesnt fill me with much confidence; happy for others to run the gauntlet of X11Libre but if UM goes down that path I'll switch to a Wayland desktop-based distribution.

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I'm hoping that all the issues related to Wayland "falling short" with respect to X11 scope of functionality at both local and remote Desktop, will have been resolved before Ubuntu commits to switching for Wayland as core integrated engine.

That way, we would all have the best of both worlds! :slight_smile:

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If anyone's interested in KDE's stance on X11 support. Nate published a blog post about it today.

I admire their approach to the transition; but especially:

Our plan is to handle everything on that page such that even the most hardcore X11 user doesn’t notice anything missing when they move to Wayland.

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