Wayland is a nice concept, but it fundamentally depends on Linux video drivers being independent from X. Until things like Gallium and all that get up to speed, and KMS is standard across all hardware, then Wayland is going to pretty worthless.
So what is the point of spending all this time hacking on Wayland when almost nobody can meet the requirements to use it?
If X itself is barely improved by the time the new Linux video stack matures and stabilizes then I am sure that Wayland will gain a lot more attention.
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Keep in mind that X and Wayland is not a either or.
You do not have to eliminate X Windows support in order to run Wayland.
As proof:
I can quite happily run connect to Linux box from Microsoft Windows and run a X Server on Windows to display applications from Linux. I can also do that from OS X. Neither of which requires me to hand over my entire display to some X Server.
So what is the point of spending all this time hacking on Wayland when almost nobody can meet the requirements to use it?
If X itself is barely improved by the time the new Linux video stack matures and stabilizes then I am sure that Wayland will gain a lot more attention.
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Keep in mind that X and Wayland is not a either or.
You do not have to eliminate X Windows support in order to run Wayland.
As proof:
I can quite happily run connect to Linux box from Microsoft Windows and run a X Server on Windows to display applications from Linux. I can also do that from OS X. Neither of which requires me to hand over my entire display to some X Server.
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