Re: Wayland vs X
Greg Wooledge writes:
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 10:07:39PM +0100, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> > OK, that stinks, I'm super-happy with my WM and it's
> > configured and all. See? How do they expect anyone to switch
> > to a supposedly superior solution when there are all these
> > obstacles and limitations?
>
> I don't think anyone is switching. What I think is happening is that
> old users (like us) are staying with what we know, and some new users
> are using Wayland/GNOME because it's the default that Debian selected
> for them. Some of the new users who grow up on Wayland may eventually
> move on to other desktop environments, or other windowing systems, and
> will become the next generation of old cranky gurus.
Words of wisdom, Greg.
I'm 79 and still use FVWM(1), c. '90s. Concerned about things like
memory footprint, speed, configuration capability, reliability,
24/7/365 stability, intuitive operation, etc.
My ~/.emacs is set up like the 'e' editor from PL1, c. '60s with line
block moves and indent, 8^).
John
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