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On X11 and the Fascists Maggots (blogs.gnome.org)
submitted 5 days ago by Mihies@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev
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This is a truly WTF moment about messed up responses to X11 session removal in Gnome.

2 weeks ago I published a blogpost about the upcoming plans of GNOME 49 and the eventual removal of the X11 session. Since then, instead of looking at feedback, bugs and issues related to the topic, we all collectively had to deal with the following, and I am not exaggerating one bit:

  • Fascists and Nazis
  • Wild Conspiracy Theories that make Qanon jealous
  • “Concerned” Trolling about the Accessibility of the Wayland session
  • A culture war where Wayland is Gay, and X11 is the glorious past they stole from you

In my wildest dreams I could have never made this shit up. You all need mandatory supervised access to the Internet from now on.

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[-] lurch@sh.itjust.works 35 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

It's not like X11 will disappear immediately after that. People who need it just have to switch from Gnome to a cooler window manager 🤷

It's really not a big deal.

From my experience, I guesstimate X11 will be around for another 20 years after that and maybe some hillbilly will even make a Gnome fork that still supports X11. Then there will be X12 one day 😆

[-] JadedBlueEyes@programming.dev 16 points 5 days ago

Wayland is basically X12 in many ways

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

switch from Gnome to a cooler window manager 🤷

I think that's easier for us to say, who actually do use something cooler. But for those whose workflow is messed up by this, I understand why they're upset. But yeah, it's time to move into the future, for real. High time.

[-] chortle_tortle@mander.xyz 14 points 5 days ago

You'd think they would be used to it since every update ruins their workflow too.

[-] someacnt@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

Wait, does that mean xmonad will get to live a tiny bit longer?

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