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I'm a layman on this, but generally all I'd heard was that x11 had so much defunct code designed around supporting old hardware that no one uses anymore that it had become to large and unwieldy to maintain properly. And this is why Wayland was introduced, how long ago was this post, I wonder if they've addressed these issues yet as the x11 project is now all but abandoned now?