The bits about X11/Wayland made me a bit curious. The author claims we're "only just now" moving towards Wayland -- is there a big movement towards it lately that I've been missing?
Yeah its finally shipped by default with GNOME in both Fedora and Arch (Fedora shipped it for the first time in 25). So thats where that is coming from.
Exactly! I am using GNOME 3 with Wayland in Arch and enjoying it very much.