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Originally posted by oleid View PostI see... in that case, you must work with a different type non-technical users than I do
Me: comes over and takes a look.
Me: Oh, you can't use the right mouse button. You have to click with the left mouse button.
User: Oh, ok. I guess i can do that.
Me: /gets drunk
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Originally posted by Delgarde View PostThat's my take, too. In theory, this is being done to get people testing Mir - but if they're using XMir, there's very little Mir functionality actually being tested. No window management functions - all it's doing is creating a full-screen surface, then handing over all control to the X server. Maybe it shakes out the driver layer a bit, but it's hard to see it being worth the risk, or the effort compared to porting stuff to run natively.
1. Mark said Mir would be done, so therefore it must be done and out there, even if it's completely useless to do so at the moment. AKA making sure the boss doesn't feel stupid.
2. Pressuring AMD and NVidia to release drivers by being able to point to all the Ubuntu users out there who would be using it but aren't.
So really both cases just come down to PR and marketing.
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Originally posted by mike4 View PostThis all doesn't make sense to me...how about we all update x and stick to that? Linux is enough fragmented like for ex. the silly rpm and deb packages.
But you're right, Mir doesn't make sense. Canonical should be backing Wayland like they promised, instead of trying to fuck the entire desktop Linux ecosystem up the arse.
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Originally posted by BO$$ View PostWrong. The updated X is called Mir. Wayland is a couple of amateurs in the basement. Mir is done by a real company that has already proven itself by creating Ubuntu, the leading edge and most popular Linux distro. If it wasn't for Ubuntu, Linux would still only be used by Linus and his 3 friends.
Oh, by the way, Wayland is only supported by such companies like Intel and Red Hat, companies that make Canonical look like a charity.
By the way, do you have any proof that Linux would not have more users without Ubuntu or are you just pulling this out of your ass?
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Originally posted by Vim_User View PostYou get it backwards again. Wayland is created by professionals with years of experience in that specific field, while Canonical hired some amateurs that weren't even able to analyze Wayland correctly. Hiring amateurs does not suddenly make them experts.
Oh, by the way, Wayland is only supported by such companies like Intel and Red Hat, companies that make Canonical look like a charity.
By the way, do you have any proof that Linux would not have more users without Ubuntu or are you just pulling this out of your ass?
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