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Re:Wayland set the Linux Desktop back by 10 years? by throw0101c on Friday March 20, 2026 @07:41AM (#47453233)
> If you think the maintainers are trying to sabotage the codebase, you have the freedom to fork it.

But do you have the skill to actually maintain that fork? Do you have the time to keep it going?

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Re:Wayland set the Linux Desktop back by 10 years? by kibwen on Friday March 20, 2026 @12:45PM (#47457169)
We all need to decide where to spend our efforts. If you decide that maintaining a fork isn't worth your time, then that's a revelation of your own preferences.
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Re:Wayland set the Linux Desktop back by 10 years? by abenga on Friday March 20, 2026 @02:35PM (#47458736)
Sucks for you, but you can't then turn around and expect someone else to invest these for you when they don't want to.
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