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		TacticalCoder 11 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Can I start using Wayland in 2026? > Wayland basically failed to learn the lessons from X11 To me the biggest issue of Wayland is that it aimed, on purpose, to imitate Windows or OS X or any GUI that is not built on the idea of a client/server protocol. From TFA: > I’ll also need a solution for running Emacs remotely. If only there was something conceived from the start as a client/server display protocol...

gspr 11 days ago | [–]

For remote applications, Waypipe works fine for me at least.

hulitu 10 days ago | [–]

> To me the biggest issue of Wayland is that it aimed, on purpose, to imitate Windows

Freedesktop.org really looks like a Microsoft subsidiary. Only if they could learn from the past.

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