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| From | conover@panix.com (John Conover) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Wayland vs X |
| Date | 2022-03-11 23:00 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <DZVsJ-1792-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (6 earlier) <DZA4V-UqA-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <DZMfL-11Lc-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <DZUmZ-16x8-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <DZUGl-16T1-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <DZUZH-16Zy-9@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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Greg Wooledge writes:
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 10:07:39PM +0100, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> > OK, that stinks, I'm super-happy with my WM and it's
> > configured and all. See? How do they expect anyone to switch
> > to a supposedly superior solution when there are all these
> > obstacles and limitations?
>
> I don't think anyone is switching. What I think is happening is that
> old users (like us) are staying with what we know, and some new users
> are using Wayland/GNOME because it's the default that Debian selected
> for them. Some of the new users who grow up on Wayland may eventually
> move on to other desktop environments, or other windowing systems, and
> will become the next generation of old cranky gurus.
Words of wisdom, Greg.
I'm 79 and still use FVWM(1), c. '90s. Concerned about things like
memory footprint, speed, configuration capability, reliability,
24/7/365 stability, intuitive operation, etc.
My ~/.emacs is set up like the 'e' editor from PL1, c. '60s with line
block moves and indent, 8^).
John
--
John Conover, conover@panix.com, http://www.johncon.com/
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Re: Wayland vs X Georgi Naplatanov <gosho@oles.biz> - 2022-03-09 11:00 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2022-03-09 11:20 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2022-03-09 15:00 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2022-03-09 16:30 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2022-03-09 21:30 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2022-03-10 16:30 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2022-03-10 18:30 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2022-03-10 19:10 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2022-03-10 21:30 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2022-03-11 00:10 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2022-03-11 13:10 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Christian Britz <cbritz@t-online.de> - 2022-03-11 14:20 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2022-03-11 15:10 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2022-03-11 17:40 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2022-03-11 21:10 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2022-03-11 23:10 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2022-03-12 01:10 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2022-03-11 19:30 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk> - 2022-03-11 20:30 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2022-03-11 22:10 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2022-03-11 23:20 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-03-12 07:40 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2022-03-14 16:30 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2022-03-14 17:50 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2022-03-14 18:30 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2022-03-14 20:30 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2022-03-14 21:10 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2022-03-11 21:20 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2022-03-11 23:10 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2022-03-11 21:50 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2022-03-11 22:10 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2022-03-11 22:30 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-03-11 22:40 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X 황병희 <soyeomul@doraji.xyz> - 2022-03-16 07:20 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-03-11 22:30 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X conover@panix.com (John Conover) - 2022-03-11 23:00 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2022-03-11 22:40 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2022-03-11 23:00 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2022-03-11 23:00 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2022-03-11 23:10 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-03-12 07:30 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2022-03-12 13:30 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-03-12 13:40 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2022-03-12 15:00 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-03-12 15:10 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2022-03-13 00:40 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-03-12 21:10 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-03-12 22:00 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2022-03-10 18:30 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net> - 2022-03-09 11:40 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2022-03-09 11:50 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Christian Britz <cbritz@t-online.de> - 2022-03-09 11:50 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2022-03-09 12:00 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2022-03-09 18:20 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-03-09 18:50 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2022-03-09 20:00 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-03-09 20:40 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2022-03-09 20:50 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-03-09 21:30 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-03-09 21:40 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-03-09 22:00 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Christian Britz <cbritz@t-online.de> - 2022-03-09 21:20 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X 황병희 <soyeomul@doraji.xyz> - 2022-03-16 07:00 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2022-03-16 08:00 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2022-03-16 08:20 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2022-03-16 08:30 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X "Byung-Hee HWANG" <soyeomul@doraji.xyz> - 2022-03-16 08:40 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-03-16 12:40 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2022-03-16 13:10 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2022-03-16 13:20 +0100
Re: Wayland vs X Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2022-03-16 13:40 +0100
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