Re: The state of X in 2026

Am 21.07.2026 um 03:10 schrieb David C Rankin:
> This is quite an odd question for an openSUSE mailing list, but here 
> are a couple of thoughts:
>
> A look at the activity in X11 and forks currently
> https://go.reg.cx/tdml/4nHZ
>
> Your next decision is a rather simple one. Are you only going to 
> support Plasma, Gnome and Xfce (when wayland port finished), or are 
> you going to support the other 40+ desktops for Linux that do not 
> support Wayland at all?
>
> If you could only pick one, I'd pick X11, and leave the collusion 
> between freedesktop and the other three desktops to run its course. 
> Also, if you want to restore a desktop session the same way you left 
> it when it was shutdown, you may be very disappointed with the pile of 
> windows all dumped in the middle of the screen wayland leaves you... 
> it has no ability to remember window sizes or locations.
>
>
David, this is interesting, i think in my case i need to support 
Wayland, because i have commercial clients which want to switch from 
other distros it is their wish , which i need to satisfy.
I think what is fascinating about Wayland is theirs software 
architecture , xorg and xlibre they have a lot of legacy code , xorg 
wont be developer actively , xlibre has good dev community but they need 
to prove themselves in enterprise environment , that can take up to 1 to 
3 years.
Since i run smaller distro my plan to support only windowmanagers TDE 
and XFCE but with ability to extend and support future tech and 
currently my polls show that people prefer to use Wayland, that of 
course can change , still this why i posted my question here, i need 
feedback , i need to know what people experienced so far and what 
challenges are existing.
Some people even claimed that there issues with screen recording in 
Wayland , but for that i need verifiable conformations.

I believe there  is no silver bullet, the beauty of running src based 
customized distro , that i am not limited by packages dependencies and i 
can just to whatever the requirements are, anyway please do vote on pools
that would not only help me it would give all broader picture:
https://x.com/OrlConsultGbR/status/2078537990708560017
https://mastodon.social/@orlovskyconsultinggbr/116942299603168304
https://github.com/orlovskyjavaprofi/t2customlinux/discussions/31

Thanks in advance!
Alexander


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