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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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GNOME 47 Can Now Be Built With X11 Support Disabled (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 5 months ago by KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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For those wanting to build a Wayland-only Linux desktop experience without carrying any aging X11 baggage, GNOME 47 will be able to optionally offer Wayland-only support without carrying X11/X.Org support. This Mutter merge request landed today that allows compiling Mutter with X11 support disabled. That landed today along with this GNOME Shell merge request for being able to disable X11 support too.

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[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I disagree.. The problem actually is that Wayland is optional, and still is.

So everyone was dragging their heels (and some still are). If all the major distro's set a cut off date, then things would speed up. The biggest reason for delay was Nvidia imho, so now that they're sorted, it seems things are falling into place faster.

X11 still hasn't solved any of their real issues, and its still a security nightmare (which can't be fixed). Furthermore, most of the developers have moved off it.

What exactly do you like about X11?

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 1 points 5 months ago

What exactly do you like about X11?

That it works just fine for my purposes. When it does not I will switch to Wayland but I have no reason to at the moment.