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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? by NoGravitas on Friday March 31, 2017 @09:56AM (#14003796)
They really ought to be using Wayland. There are technical reasons for Mir vs X11, but not really any for Mir vs. Wayland other than NIH.
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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? by researcher11 on Friday March 31, 2017 @10:10AM (#14003936)
I think most people are unaware of Mir vs Wayland and the issues that Ubuntu using Mir will cause. I only know about it because I was thinking about building a tiling window manager (because I'm weird like that).

I think there is a good chance that Mir will be technically inferior to Wayland and a better chance that Ubuntu UI designers will reinvent the user experience from a phone perspective.

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