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[–] Infiltrated_ad8271@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

How hard do you have to search to find these x11 fanboys? Because whenever this topic comes up, the only detractors I see are users who complain because they can't use wayland for various reasons.

On the other hand those on the other extreme are easier to find, as they always celebrate x11 users (willingly or not) getting screwed; so toxic.