[currywurst]

I felt that the words like 'legacy' and 'dated' were a tad overused, and the article felt biased. A particular example was how X's protocols were described as "complex, asynchronous", contrasted with Wayland's "violently asynchronous" protocols !

It's always thrilling to have a blank slate, and you have a euphoric feeling that this time, we're going to get it right. But there are the essential complexities of any problem, and I would say that for the end user, X has delivered in spades. It will be interesting to hear developers reactions to a battle-tested Wayland code base 5 years from now.