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Please, please stop using Xorg with Asahi Linux

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49 points 1una | 1 comments | 13 May 23 13:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.399s | source
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not_your_vase ◴[13 May 23 13:14 UTC] No.35928051[source]▶
> Yes, not every random app and feature you use on Xorg will have a Wayland equivalent. Deal with it.

In general this sentence is why the Year of Desktop Linux won't come in this millennia. Not only XOrg vs Wayland. Many such cases. Sad!

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1. 0beef ◴[13 May 23 13:35 UTC] No.35928221[source]▶
I think that the ability to depreciate aspects of the OS is one of GNU-Linux's greatest strengths.

For example, look how saddled MS Windows is by the burden of binary reverse-compatibility. It makes the leap to other arches like ARM nearly impossible.

Yes, some features of X11 are not present in Wayland. But the incomplete reverse-compatibility allows us to decide if those features are worth it in the first place. And if you don't like it you can patch it yourself.