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| From | RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Alternatives To Linux |
| Date | 2025-08-26 07:31 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <108jnsg$3tbec$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 2025-08-25, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote: > On 2025-08-24 11:46 a.m., Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote: >> Le 24-08-2025, Lester Thorpe <lt@gnu.rocks> a écrit : >>> On 24 Aug 2025 13:04:53 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Same mistake, same answer: Linux doesn't need any graphical tool to run. >>>> X11 and wayland are provided by the distros, they are not required by >>>> Linux. >>>> >>> >>> Unless all one does, like you, is text file editing a GUI is essential. >> >> Try to understand the difference: >> - I need GUI >> - Linux needs GUI >> >> The first is right, not the second. >> >>> A GUI is essential but that GUI should be X11 and not Wayland. >> >> As I said: nobody wants to take care of X11 anymore. It's dead. One guy >> tried to make it evolve but he has been thrown away by literally >> everyone involved in X11. You still can use it if you want but it wont >> improve anymore. Of course X11 being open source you could improve it, >> but you would need to learn how to program first. >> >> So X11 is dead and Wayland is the only available alternative. You can >> create a third better alternative, but it would be way more difficult >> for you than to help X11. >> >>> If freedesktop.org and Qt remove X11 support from their toolkits >>> then Linux will become pure shit. >> >> What do you believe? That X11 will strive under BSD when it's dead under >> Linux? > > I believe that the BSD people aren't as hostile to X11 as the Linux > people are. The belief there is likely that there is no reason to > replace something that isn't broken. If there are problems with it, they > can migrate over to something like XLibre. Wayland, to many, just isn't > a proper solution. > > Granted, I prefer Wayland, but only because it supports browser gestures. I'll probably use Xorg as long as it's available. I'm not that impressed with Wayland's progress. It seems like it's taken them a long, long time to get (what appear to be) simple issues solved. Besides, Xorg just seems to work for me. -- Definition of Insanity: Thinking you can beat the Bear on his own territory.
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Alternatives To Linux Lester Thorpe <lt@gnu.rocks> - 2025-08-24 11:51 +0000
Re: Alternatives To Linux "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-08-24 08:10 -0400
Re: Alternatives To Linux Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-24 22:04 +0000
Re: Alternatives To Linux "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-08-24 18:24 -0400
Re: Alternatives To Linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-25 01:18 +0000
Re: Alternatives To Linux Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-08-24 13:04 +0000
Re: Alternatives To Linux Lester Thorpe <lt@gnu.rocks> - 2025-08-24 13:53 +0000
Re: Alternatives To Linux Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-08-24 15:46 +0000
Re: Alternatives To Linux Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-08-24 19:29 +0000
Re: Alternatives To Linux CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-08-25 08:47 -0400
Re: Alternatives To Linux Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-25 21:50 +0000
Re: Alternatives To Linux CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-08-25 18:09 -0400
Re: Alternatives To Linux Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-26 00:39 +0000
Re: Alternatives To Linux CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-08-25 21:18 -0400
Re: Alternatives To Linux Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-26 01:49 +0000
Re: Alternatives To Linux CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-08-26 09:46 -0400
Re: Alternatives To Linux Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-28 04:28 +0000
Re: Alternatives To Linux CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-08-28 08:49 -0400
Re: Alternatives To Linux Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-01 02:56 +0000
Re: Alternatives To Linux CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-09-01 08:51 -0400
Re: Alternatives To Linux Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2025-09-04 10:54 +0000
Re: Alternatives To Linux CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-09-04 11:19 -0400
Re: Alternatives To Linux Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-05 00:17 +0000
Re: Alternatives To Linux CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-09-04 21:31 -0400
Re: Alternatives To Linux RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-08-26 07:31 +0000
Re: Alternatives To Linux CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-08-26 09:53 -0400
Re: Alternatives To Linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-26 19:12 +0000
Re: Alternatives To Linux RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-08-27 06:30 +0000
Re: Alternatives To Linux CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-08-27 09:05 -0400
Re: Alternatives To Linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-27 19:59 +0000
Re: Alternatives To Linux Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-24 22:07 +0000
Re: Alternatives To Linux Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-08-30 08:59 +0000
Re: Alternatives To Linux Woozy Song <suzyw0ng@outlook.com> - 2025-08-27 11:42 +0800
Re: Alternatives To Linux Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-27 07:23 +0000
Re: Alternatives To Linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-27 19:55 +0000
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