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Wayland didn’t kill Linux desktops, but it did expose their weakest assumptions [EDIT: Warning, article likely written with AI assistance] (www.xda-developers.com)

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[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

X11 desktops work fine and will continue to work fine. But very few people will be using them in 5 years.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 points 1 day ago

I don't know who cares. I will use X11 as long as it does everything I need it to do. I will switch when I have to do something that can only be done in Wayland. Doing anything else is just chasing fads or being stubborn.