Re: KDE - Wayland vs X11
Dan,
Thank you for your reply.
George
On Monday, 02-09-2024 at 11:15 Dan Ritter wrote:
> George at Clug wrote:
> > When installing KDE for people, I have been leaving Wayland as the
> > compositor, believing that X11 was no longer supported. However
> > recently I tested X11 and found the experience was much better.
>
> This is not unusual. Wayland is young and immature.
>
> Wayland has been in the process of replacing X11 for 15 years
> now. When X was 15 years old, the X.org domain name was created,
> and it wasn't for five more years that the X.org Foundation came
> into being.
>
> > At this point of time my KDE with X11 experience is better than my KDE
> > with Wayland experience. However I am concerned that at some point,
> > somewhere, X11 will not be supported, sadly.
>
> You can be concerned, but I recommend not worrying about it
> much.
>
> It is unlikely that X will be actually abandoned until all of
> these problems with Wayland are solved.
>
> (There is always somebody who pops up and claims that they have
> never had a problem with Wayland, or any such problems no longer
> exist. That's their subjective experience, and they are entitled
> to be happy about Wayland, but they are not entitled to tell you
> that your experience is invalid.)
>
> -dsr-
>
>
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