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    [–] JATtho@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    Mint was the distro that converted me. After 8-10 years, I'm still using the cinnamon DE, but just on top of Arch. Next hope is the devs port it over wayland so I can also ditch xorg. (There is a demo/alpha available)

    [–] HStone32@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Can somebody explain why everyone is trying to ditch xorg? I've never had an issue with xorg, but I'm always hearing about major issues with Wayland.

    [–] tempest@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    Xorg(and the x server protocol) is very old and like most long lived software has quite a few warts and quirks.

    Wayland has been "the future" for like 10 years (though it's quite a bit older). It's only now starting to reach a critical mass where things are starting to change so it might feel a bit of a mess at the moment.

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    Because it is mess or a program. If nothing else Wayland has much better security. However, X tends to be less performant and harder on power usage. It also has poor support for input devices such as touch screens and is unreliable with multiple different monitors.

    [–] Cargon@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

    Better multimonitor support, VRR, and HDR are some of the promises I think. I want all of these things but not enough to switch away from Linux Mint. I'll be happy when Wayland makes its way in over the next couple of years.

    [–] monsterpiece42@reddthat.com 1 points 5 months ago

    Noob here, also curious to this..

    [–] JATtho@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

    Wayland has much more up-to-date graphics technologies behind it to put it simply.