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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Another XLibre and/or Wayland subthread
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 07:58:36 -0700
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On Wed, 29 Jul 2026 01:50:52 -0000 (UTC)
Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:

> X (the low level wire protocol and xlib the library) was never meant
> to be a "solution by itself".

That's both a blessing and a curse as it leads to a very tower-of-Babel
approach to UX in *nix software. The funny thing is that Wayland isn't
a "full solution" either, so it doesn't even have consistency to offer.