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someone jonesing for their daily Windows 11 advertising dosage
Why would i advertise windows if i'm defending x11 you fucking retard. People who spread fud about x11 and blindly advocate for wayland are the ones who want to sabotage linux and make it unusable.
Oh, you're conservative, that makes sense. You just want the things to stay the way they are. I mean, it's the opposite of progress, but there are a lot of people like this.
Who does that? X11 is ancient. It's a known variable in every possible way. How would you spread FUD about it?
In reality the ones who advocate for Wayland the most are the people who used to thanklessly maintain X...