2026-07-20 06:00 UTC
@ramin_hal9001@fe.disroot.org
Zig & Rust: Yeah, same here. River sounds interesting, and Wayland definitely needs to work harder to cover 100% of what X11 provides.
(I used to be an X11 weenie so I was keenly aware back then of all kinds of obscure but handy X11 services, and even these days I continue to hear complaints of things missing -- which don't affect most people, but still)
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@ramin_hal9001@fe.disroot.org 2026-07-20 10:15
@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz yes, the fact that compositors and window managers were so modular was definitely one of the nicest things about the X11 protocol — actually, I don’t know if compositors were even a thing in X11, I think all you had was DRM as an Xorg extension. I could be wrong though, I am not sure. Anyway, it has taken a over a decade, but it seems like most Linux desktop environments are finally ready to move over to Wayland now. I may switch back to Xfce after using Cinnamon for the past few years, just to see how Xfce managed to adapt.