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Running Wayland: It Works, But A Lot Of Work Remains
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Originally posted by BO$$ View PostI am not saying you personally try to get people on linux. But I don't think you are against the idea of linux having a larger marketshare (think more developers involved -> maybe less bugs??). But it's a chicken and egg problem: to have a larger marketshare you need less bugs in the first place and to be more user friendly. So, instead of having a system that is 95% good and throwing it away to start from scratch (tell me how many times has this happened in linux? Everybody starts from scratch and thinks this new design is the shit while the previous ones are shit) like it's happening now with x and wayland, I say fuck wayland just improve x.
Another example, we had compiz 0.8 written in C. The developer rewritten it for C++. Of course, for a couple of versions it's shit (12.04 being a shitty standout). What was so wrong about keeping it in C and improving it from there? It was 95% ok, but nooooo we have to start again...and then again..and then again. Linux could take over a larger marketshare, but the devs jump to do a thing that already worked from scratch, they get all the media attention(ohhh look wayland, I'm cumming!), and it's never good enough for the real market. And when they'll release it we won't see an improvement, in fact most likely we will have problems...and then we will start from scratch once again, this time we'll do it right!
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Originally posted by BO$$ View PostNever rewrite from scratch my friend...never. All that code you consider crap actually has a lot of bugfixes, the new code has a new array of problems and most likely will also repeat some bugs from the past....
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Originally posted by BO$$ View PostIn fact you sound like you have no experience : http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articl...000000069.html
Never rewrite from scratch my friend...never. All that code you consider crap actually has a lot of bugfixes, the new code has a new array of problems and most likely will also repeat some bugs from the past....
The article talks about rewriting the SAME software from scratch, Wayland is a very DIFFERENT thing altogether.
Bugfixes in Xorg don't apply to Wayland because they are fundamentally different architectures..
how the hell am I supposed to explain that to you over and over again?
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Originally posted by Ancurio View Posthow the hell am I supposed to explain that to you over and over again?
1) Click user's name.
2) Click Add to Ignore List on the left-hand pane.
3) Click confirmation button.
4) Go use your new found free time to nail your better half.
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Originally posted by BO$$ View PostUbuntu 12.04 that will get on more computers that usual if we listen to Mr. Shuttleworth uses 0.9.something. And 11.10 also used 0.9.something if I'm not mistaken.Last edited by Akka; 15 August 2012, 03:44 AM.
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