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[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

X11 […] has become an unmaintainable patchwork of additions.

Wayland will be an unmaintainable patchwork of protocols, once it will have the same functionality as X11 has.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

But it wont, x had to accomodate every desktop's needs, wayland is the way it is specifically so desktop can implement wat they need, and only the common stuff has to be part of the official protocols