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Getting both portability and innovationGetting both portability and innovationPosted Mar 2, 2011 23:05 UTC (Wed) by einstein (subscriber, #2052)In reply to: Getting both portability and innovation by nix Parent article: Choosing between portability and innovation
> You mean the X11 which Wayland is trying to shoot in the head? I'm sure when half your apps are Wayland apps tied to your physical machine that remote work using them will be *such* a lot of fun.
On the contrary, Wayland will include X11 support - but it won't be loaded by default. That makes sense, since 98% of linux users never use the remote desktop features of X11 - but for those who need it, it will be there. Think of OSX X11 support, done right.
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Getting both portability and innovation Posted Mar 3, 2011 0:06 UTC (Thu) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75) [Link] The death isn't going to come from lack of X11 support in the system, though. It's going to come when apps are written for Wayland rather than X11. Yes, legacy apps will still work with network transparency, but all the development effort will be done on apps that depend on Wayland-only features. The stuff that works over the network will die a slow death from bitrot.
Getting both portability and innovation Posted Mar 3, 2011 9:34 UTC (Thu) by roblucid (subscriber, #48964) [Link]
Exactly! And pixel scraping won't work too well, when there's no desktop to scrape pixels off.
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