The Wayland Situation: Facts About X vs. Wayland (Phoronix)

Posted Jun 12, 2013 13:50 UTC (Wed) by khim (subscriber, #9252)
In reply to: The Wayland Situation: Facts About X vs. Wayland (Phoronix) by marcH
Parent article: The Wayland Situation: Facts About X vs. Wayland (Phoronix)

... as opposed to the majority of "normal" users of the hugely popular Linux Desktop?

As opposed to the majority of "normal" users who don't use Linux Desktop (and increasingly don't use desktop at all). For these Wayland makes perfect sense... if you forget one tiny yet game-changing detail. Release date. Wayland released in 2003-2005 and then used in the "smartphones revolution" of 2007-2012 will be huge game changer. But it was not released neither in 2005 nor in 2007. Instead it was conceived in 2008 and released in the end of 2012.

Why "normal" users should use Wayland now when they have already made a different choice is enigma to me. I guess the hope at this point it to port Android (or may be BBX?) on top of Wayland - but I'm not seeing any movements in this direction.