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> Ugh, "...that won't be immediately ported..." sounds like they want to get rid of XWayland too at one point.

Astronaut 2: Always did.

Keeping the jank of X11 around was never long-term viable. One day you will have to either switch to Wayland-capable apps or sandbox whatever last version of Xwayland is out there to keep whatever old app you have going.

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> Keeping the jank of X11 around was never long-term viable

Ha, it’s like saying “keeping the jank of win32, directx, GDI was never long-term viable” as your one and only argument for the inevitable success of Windows RT.

Fools, the lot of you GUI hipsters.

But unlike Windows we can go ahead and do this if we want as we control our own systems instead of delegating control to a corporation.

IE. I'll ditch X11 compatibility as soon as is feasible for me and it doesn't really matter if someone else keeps it around. That's on them.

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