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		treve 21 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Xfwl4 – The Roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor Some cognitive dissonance going on here. The vast majority of current Linux Desktop users are on Wayland, and X11 is phased out across the board. Calling it hype is absurd.

RunSet 18 minutes ago | [–]

> Some cognitive dissonance going on here.

The cognitive dissonance I perceive goes like "No one is being paid to work on X11, therefore I should volunteer to work on Wayland."

wooptoo 20 hours ago | [–]

Sure, but do you have any facts to backup that assertion?

fransje26 5 hours ago | [–]

Ubuntu and Fedora dropping X11:

https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/12/ubuntu_2510_to_drop_x...

https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-43-wayland-only/

Kde Plasma 6.8 dropping X11:

https://itsfoss.com/news/kde-plasma-to-drop-x11-support/

Suse dropping X11:

https://documentation.suse.com/releasenotes/sles/html/releas...

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