Message-ID: <683a7a0e@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: Distros specifically designed for children Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <100le5o$318dd$1@dont-email.me> <100ljn1$30vat$2@dont-email.me> <6831b9a7$0$8595$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <6832fab9$0$11442$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10102st$1j2ov$1@dont-email.me> <10131ao$28rgm$1@dont-email.me> <1016dr6$1e7od$1@news1.tnib.de> <1016gih$355q7$6@dont-email.me> <1019l0j$3s6rv$1@dont-email.me> <683a690e@news.ausics.net> <101dqb6$tefk$1@dont-email.me> User-Agent: tin/2.0.1-20111224 ("Achenvoir") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 31 May 2025 13:39:58 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 37 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:68053 Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > On 31 May 2025 12:27:26 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: > >> Almost all the graphical programs I use regularly don't support >> Wayland because they either use an old graphics toolkit that >> doesn't support it (GTK2, Motif) or don't use a graphics toolkit >> at all and link directly to xlib. > > Really? Which programs are these? Motif: Nedit, Xpopple/Xpdf (I don't like Qt) GTK1/2: Sylpheed, xzgv, XMMS (v1), Emelfm, Ted (also builds for Motif) xlib: Xfig, GV, Links, (u)rxvt, JWM, Siag (OK this one is already buggy in newer X) These are the only Wayland-supported programs I use often: Firefox, Dillo, mtPaint, LibreOffice (when I can't avoid it) > I use a range of graphical programs, such as Blender, Inkscape > and GIMP, and all those work fine under Wayland. I don't use any of those, although I've tried and dismissed Inkscape and GIMP a long time ago. You'll probably rant that I should use them instead of the older programs I choose to use. But why? They work. If I have time to waste trying to find alternatives then the ones I'm most unhappy with are Firefox and LibreOffice, so I'd start there anyway. -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#