What does it mean by removing X11 support?
What does it mean by removing X11 support?
Posted Jun 11, 2025 13:58 UTC (Wed) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)In reply to: What does it mean by removing X11 support? by aragilar
Parent article: Ubuntu 25.10 to drop support for GNOME on Xorg
"Why do you want to do that?" is a very valid question from a developer's PoV.
Equally "Why do you want us to do that?" is a very valid question from an end-user's perspective.
Speaking as a developer, the number of users who can't differentiate between cause and effect is awful, and demanding I fix the symptom rarely leads to success, it usually breaks things further.
But speaking as an end user, the number of developers who don't appear to have functional ears is also awful - they are so fixated on their wonderful solution that they don't understand how completely impractical it is. This digital world is dreadful - more and more the people I associate with are *abandoning* technology, because change is speeding up just as their ability to cope with change is fading. The latest NHS "drive to digital, everything is now moving to the app" will be a complete disaster as the people who need it most will be those least able to use it. How on earth are you supposed to use an app when you are half blind, have poor motor control, and your forgettery now works much better than your memory? Your typical NHS patient, in fact ... (and the other government drive, enhanced privacy and "you need to take responsibility for your own affairs", is merely pouring petrol on the flames!)
Cheers,
Wol
