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The real story behind Wayland and X

X.Org developer Daniel Stone explains the history and technical limits of the X Window System and why Wayland was created, debunking myths from forum comments. He covers topics such as network transparency and blocking calls.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN uses it as the go-to answer to claims that Wayland is unnecessary, from a developer who knew X's codebase well.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Linux.conf.au 2013 -- Canberra, Australia
Topic
wayland and x11
Format
talk
Level
advanced
HN recommenders in dataset
4
HN mentions in dataset
15
Recommendation years in dataset
2018–2024

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From the original HN conversations

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  • Really recommend that speech as well since it's give good understanding what's wrong with X11 and why Wayland was created. The real story behind Wayland and X: [VIDEO]

    SXX on Hacker News · 2020-08
    In Xplain – Explaining X11 for the rest of us (2017)

  • This criticism looks like "free as beer and I know better". 1. The old, mostly working thing waits your commit 2. That new thing can have some help too I recommend developers story about this "mostly working thing" (2014) [1]. It is quite fun and …

    sergeykish on Hacker News · 2020-10
    In The X.Org Server Is Abandonware?

  • It would be nice to reproduce phoronix results. Do they run in GNOME shell? What if I run in Sway? What exactly they expect of Selenium? I've heard gedit startup example. Sorry, I can't continue until you've watched presentation [1] > gedit startup: > 130 …

    sergeykish on Hacker News · 2020-10
    In The X.Org Server Is Abandonware?

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