alexdeathway@programming.dev to Linux@programming.dev · edit-210 months agoELI5 the whole Wayland vs X11 going on?message-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up12file-text
arrow-up12message-squareELI5 the whole Wayland vs X11 going on?alexdeathway@programming.dev to Linux@programming.dev · edit-210 months agomessage-square1fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepelya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoX11 is an ancient piece of crap which no one wants to update or maintain. Wayland is the new and better display manager. However, many old applications only support X11, because they depend on some arcane feature not yet supported by Wayland. Hence, the drama.
X11 is an ancient piece of crap which no one wants to update or maintain.
Wayland is the new and better display manager.
However, many old applications only support X11, because they depend on some arcane feature not yet supported by Wayland. Hence, the drama.