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Wayland can eventually fill the role on Linux perhaps. X11 is built to run on many more operating systems. This is my main issue with Wayland. Whence portabili
by pkmays 14y ago
Wayland can eventually fill the role on Linux perhaps. X11 is built to run on many more operating systems.
This is my main issue with Wayland. Whence portability?
- macavity23 14y agoVery few apps call the X api directly. Nearly everything uses GTK or Qt, which they'll still be able to do, except that behind the scenes GTK/Qt will hook into Wayland on Linux and X elsewhere.
- wmf 14y agoWayland for other OSes can be paid for by users of those OSes.