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| From | Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Future of X, fvwm and wayland |
| Date | 2020-12-21 18:40 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <Boxk5-1PX-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 12:12:05PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Makes you wonder how long it [X.org] will be around; I guess a fair while > > though. > > I can't see why it'd need to be around for very long, given that it can > be replaced by Wayland + Xwayland. So Xorg is only useful to the extent > that it supports hardware that Wayland doesn't. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that you *can't* use an X window manager with Wayland. You're stuck using one of the window managers or desktop environments that has been ported to Wayland. If that's not true, then that changes a *lot*.
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Future of X, fvwm and wayland Kamil Jońca <kjonca@poczta.onet.pl> - 2020-12-20 18:50 +0100
Re: Future of X, fvwm and wayland Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-12-21 14:20 +0100
Re: Future of X, fvwm and wayland Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-12-21 16:10 +0100
Re: Future of X, fvwm and wayland Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-12-21 16:30 +0100
Re: Future of X, fvwm and wayland Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2020-12-21 18:20 +0100
Re: Future of X, fvwm and wayland Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-12-21 18:40 +0100
Re: Future of X, fvwm and wayland Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-12-21 19:40 +0100
Re: Future of X, fvwm and wayland Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2020-12-23 17:40 +0100
Re: Future of X, fvwm and wayland Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2020-12-22 02:30 +0100
Re: Future of X, fvwm and wayland Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-12-22 14:10 +0100
Re: Future of X, fvwm and wayland Javier Barroso <javibarroso@gmail.com> - 2020-12-22 14:20 +0100
Re: Future of X, fvwm and wayland Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2020-12-21 18:40 +0100
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