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X11 vs Wayland (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 13 hours ago by pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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What's the difference for a real user between using X11 or Wayland nowdays? I haven't found anything useful on the internet, so I'm asking you. Internet articles on the topic (and about WMs too) seem to be advertising slop since they explain anything but the real things. Also, if anyone used the XLibre fork, I would love to hear about your experience with it.

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

You just attack me personally the whole time with wrong accusations, instead bringing arguments for or against Wayland and X11.

I very clearly attacked your argument (not you) as "Poisoning the Well". Sounds like you're not familiar with logical fallacies, I highly recommend reading up on them.

you call me anti X11

Yes - that was me doing to you what you did to the author to show by example. You took that as an insult which is why I say calling the author of that article "anti-wayland" is well-poisoning. You've set the tone that the article is not to be taken seriously because of a perceived bias on the part of the author. You "besmirched" their reputation to, by association, attack the argument. This is practically the definition of Poisoning the Well.

Just because I call the article Anti Wayland. That’s it, that is your basis.

Yes - that was the fallacy. The "well-poisoning" if you will. If you simply said "Here is an article that points out some of the problems with Wayland" or something to that effect I wouldn't have taken any issue.