Xorg being removed. What does this mean?

Re:Xorg being removed. What does this mean? by pera on Thursday December 14, 2023 @10:44AM (#38642572)

I genuinely don't understand why many Wayland proponents are so eager to destroy the experience of millions of Linux users who currently depend on Xorg. It's very selfish and also decremental for the popularity of Wayland as it creates unnecessary conflict.

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Re:Xorg being removed. What does this mean? by jmclnx on Thursday December 14, 2023 @11:15AM (#38642970)

They (Linux Foundation, Red Hat), wants to lock people in and turn Linux into a Microsoft Windows Clone. Red Hat is funding this development, the Foundation is controlled by fortune 500 companies who want nothing but 100% control over Linux.

Right now, I can move to a BSD without any pain. Once applications requires Wayland you are stuck with a RHEL type Linux. I expect Mozilla to require Wayland maybe in 2 or 3 years.

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Re:Xorg being removed. What does this mean? by 127361 on Thursday December 14, 2023 @11:51AM (#38643516)

Mozilla took away native ALSA support and forced everyone to use PulseAudio, fortunately there are emulation libraries you can install to work around that.

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Re:Xorg being removed. What does this mean? by asystole on Thursday December 14, 2023 @12:59PM (#38644618)

The "millions" of people (doubt) who depend on Xorg are free to keep using it. That's the beauty of open systems, isn't it?

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Re:Xorg being removed. What does this mean? by pera on Thursday December 14, 2023 @01:19PM (#38644945)

It would be difficult if distros stop including an Xorg package, which is what many Wayland proponents are pushing for.

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Re:Xorg being removed. What does this mean? by arghwhat on Thursday December 14, 2023 @02:09PM (#38645729)

Unless maintainers step up, it is irresponsible to ship a decaying Xorg and it is unreasonable to require others to voluntarily take on that burden.

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