Post #1198494

2026-04-02 18:36 UTC

So far as I can tell, the arguments for replacing #X11 by #Wayland are : → X11 is old, and computer programmers are compulsive novelty–seekers who burn down their own homes every 2—3 years on average → X11 does not support a small number of exotic use cases, which could reasonably be handled by specialized software → X11 has numerous sets of extensions which all do pretty much the same thing in subtly different ways

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@signaleleven@social.tchncs.de 2026-04-02 18:46

@publius@mastodon.sdf.org let's agree that this time it lasted a bit more than 2-3 years. :) I switched because I could not get to scale a 4k display in X. Only in ways were ugly or slow. I only vaguely know the basics of Wayland vs X11, but... If it's solving problems that I have, I consider switching (and yes, it added other problems. So.. Yeah...)

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@discobeez@mas.to 2026-04-06 05:59

@publius@mastodon.sdf.org wait, really? I've been considering switching from i3 to sway. The real reason for changing anything at all, is that when I set up this system 5 years ago I just took the archinstall defaults... Including btrfs instead of ext4. It works, but needs more maintenance than I want to give it. Also... Not sure it's great for performance on a desktop system. Anyway, thanks for helping me rubber duck this.. I know what to do now :-) (Switch to ext4 but keep i3. It works, don't mess with it.)

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