It's Time To Admit It: The X.Org Server Is Abandonware

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  • phoronix
    Administrator
    • Jan 2007
    • 67342

    It's Time To Admit It: The X.Org Server Is Abandonware

    Phoronix: It's Time To Admit It: The X.Org Server Is Abandonware

    The last major release of the X.Org Server was in May 2018 but don't expect the long-awaited X.Org Server 1.21 to actually be released anytime soon...

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  • 145Hz
    Junior Member
    • Sep 2020
    • 9

    #2
    Nope.

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    • tildearrow
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2016
      • 7097

      #3
      Because it's pretty much complete and stable.

      The protocol has flaws, but Wayland still is a work in progress, lacking some important features...

      (and a secret plot to GNOMize or destroy KDE)

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      • Awesomeness
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2010
        • 2156

        #4
        Originally posted by tildearrow View Post
        Because it's pretty much complete and stable.
        As in the Debian definition of "stable" (=no longer changing which is precisely what the article is about). The gaping security flaws aren't getting fixed within Xorg Server. The official fix is Wayland.

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        • ElectricPrism
          Senior Member
          • Apr 2013
          • 1270

          #5
          Originally posted by Awesomeness View Post

          As in the Debian definition of "stable" (=no longer changing which is precisely what the article is about). The gaping security flaws aren't getting fixed within Xorg Server. The official fix is Wayland.
          I see you too have been introduced to the "Flaws? It's a feature" people

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          • skeevy420
            Senior Member
            • May 2017
            • 8646

            #6
            Originally posted by Awesomeness View Post

            As in the Debian definition of "stable" (=no longer changing which is precisely what the article is about). The gaping security flaws aren't getting fixed within Xorg Server. The official fix is Wayland.
            Which is just awesome when you're a user sitting on the sidelines. We get to pick from one side that has security flaws and another side that doesn't work quite right.

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            • GreenByte
              Senior Member
              • Jul 2016
              • 121

              #7
              I have to say I love how well GNOME on Wayland works. Perfect frames, no weird stuttering, no input blocking, real multitouch gestures. One thing that is quite lacking is a standard screen sharing/recording/casting protocol that all desktops supported. Other than that, it's already perfect (assuming you don't run Nvidia)

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              • user1
                Senior Member
                • Sep 2019
                • 1109

                #8
                Besides the fact that Wayland is still not feature complete, is there even decent amount of third party software that natively supports Wayland besides web browsers?

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                • Slartifartblast
                  Senior Member
                  • Nov 2013
                  • 873

                  #9
                  Old code bases never die, they just fade away.

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                  • flower
                    Senior Member
                    • Aug 2018
                    • 428

                    #10
                    For my fiancee i need a way to dim brightness and blue per commandline (she remote controls that through her phone)

                    Is that even theoretically possible with wayland?

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