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by xscott 975 days ago
This is more like Python 2 vs Python 3... Wayland will win because "new is better" to the mob. After it takes over, it'll be worse performance for 4-5 major releases, and you'll never get back all the features.

All the old apps will hobble along with a compatibility layer, because for some reason it's better to remove all the clutter from X11 to write a new clean Wayland, and then re-introduce all the X11 clutter into a shim so that old apps can run.
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matheusmoreira 975 days ago
It really is better though. Keeps old apps working. Allows new apps to target the superior system directly.
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xscott 975 days ago
Don't kid yourself about "superior" - only Wayland developers and fanboys care about the simplicity or cleanliness of Wayland's implementation. Wayland's killer feature for an app developer is "vertical sync"? The majority of new apps will just use a web interface or stick to X11 because it runs on the old Xorg and the new Wayland shim.
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matheusmoreira 975 days ago
As a user and programmer, I care about the implementation of the software I use. I might want to hack on it someday.
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