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Re:GTK 5 might drop X11 support by thriftwy on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @05:57PM (#32007338)
I'm not even sure how to do anything with Wayland. I have kubuntu and at no point has it suggested Wayland to me.

The stuff from comments about screen capture not working reliably does not inspire much confidence. I remember X11 taking decades to fix rough edges and surely don't want to go over it again.

Much like IPv6, it seems to be real old now, still not adopted and not really working, definitely not hip anymore.

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Re:GTK 5 might drop X11 support by zamalek on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @06:07PM (#32007433)
> capture not working properly

This has changed.

As a daily Wayland user, the only thing that Wayland can't do is networked sessions, and I have never needed that.

> suggested Wayland

Ubuntu slated it for default in 22.04, but reverted due to a bug. I expect them to try again during the next release. If you want to try it then it's typically selected in the login manager.

> don't want to go over it again

Or don't try it, the grandparent comment was talking about "hate" not "disinterest".

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