How it should have been:
Xorg and Wayland competing with one another to be the best. People choosing whatever they like like.
What's really happening:
Intentionally not merging pull requests that improve xorg. Closing merge requests and issues en mass. Apps dropping support for xorg and forcing people to use wayland.
Instead of "let the best person win", it's "let me win".
@redstarfish@freesoftwareextremist.com I don't think the intention was ever to make Xorg and Wayland. I'm fairly certain the Wayland was started with the explicit purpose of replacing Xorg over time.
>I'm fairly certain the Wayland was started with the explicit purpose of replacing Xorg over time.
Which it failed at after more than a decade, hence probably why dirty tactics are started being used. Wayland is as old as Rust is.
@phnt@fluffytail.org @redstarfish@freesoftwareextremist.com I use Wayland because Xorg doesn't support two monitors with different refresh rates.
Simple as.
+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
@Suiseiseki @phnt @redstarfish @SuperDicq Xorg also supports running over the network which i frequently use.
wayland is just a quarter finished money black hole project lacking features except "eVeRy fRaMe iS PeRfEcT!!!1"
With a free software GPU driver, you don't get tearing with Xorg.
@Suiseiseki @phnt @redstarfish @SuperDicq i don't care jack shit about tearing tbh. i played through half life on 320x200 software renderer with 12 fps. i disabled vsync everywhere ti get moar frames.
"tearing" is a bullshit issue for wannabe cineasts, just like HiFi is a meme where no one can hear the difference between 400 years aged VSOP extra thick copper wires and wet string.
