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GNOME Moves On: What the End of the X11 Session Means (linuxiac.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well from the bottom of the article apparently someone is looking to carry on with X11 and has started Xlibre (with what looks like TONS of new drama).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And the guy in question is, simply put, a nutjob.

I don't even disagree with the idea of ditching X11. My criticism is timing; statistics like this show 90% X usage, either instead or alongside Wayland; it's clear most users still use X11, in one form or another. It's like making a street cars only when most people still use horse chariots.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A KDE developer made a blog post on the 21st talking about X11 stats on KDE and the numbers show the majority are already on Wayland.

At this point in time, our telemetry says that a majority of Plasma users are already using the Wayland session. Currently 73% of Plasma 6 users who have turned on telemetry are using the Wayland session, and a little over 60% of all telemetry-activating users (including Plasma 5 users) are on Wayland.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

The difference between both links is huge - one shows 7%, another 73%. Since I have no idea which is more reliable, nor I think this difference is due to time (the FF link is from 2022), let's go with your link instead.

73% Wayland means 27% X11. It's still a lot; not a big problem in KDE's case, since its developers are rather emphatic on still maintaining the X11 session. Can't say the same about GNOME.