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Use a dedicated, otherwise empty account for job interviews.

Linux is multi-process, _multi-user_ since forever.

No need to leave a password manager, online banking, andwhatnot accessible in the background during an interview.

And yeah: stop. using. X11. For God's sake!

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Just use a browser instead of some silly client, problem mostly solved. Use X11 or Wayland or whatever else you want, for God's sake. I don't remember any god ever claiming salvation lies in abandoning the most functional display server on the market so I'll just keep on using X11. If and when Wayland or some other alternative ever becomes as useful as X11 I might hop over but for now Wayland is a solution in search of a problem as far as I'm concerned.

It takes experience to learn why people call it the "bleeding edge". GPU acceleration is often broken in a lot of distros, and it is unkind to new users that have a panic attack dropping into a CLI shell.

LightDM at least works 99% of the time, being Cross-desktop one can select a Wayland session just fine (great when it is working), or fall back to a software compositor Cinnamon Desktop when things bork after an update. =3

Wayland doesn't work stable in kde on my OS yet so I have no choice but to use X11.

However software just shouldn't be trash. No need to blame the display layer for this.

>And yeah: stop. using. X11.

Fine words, until the GPU driver goes sideways in Wayland. And... I like running multi-seat headless sessions on my local LAN hosts for several reasons. =3

> And yeah: stop. using. X11. For God's sake!

Why should I stop using software that is superior to the alternatives?

It isn't though. For example, the very article we are discussing.

Last time I looked they had broken copy/paste behaviour which dates back decades

If said copy paste behavior allows any app to snoop on any other apps' clipboard content without control, then it's been broken for decades.

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