Re: Wayland Woes and a Couple of Leap 16 Fixes

Andrei, et al --

...and then Andrei Borzenkov said...
% 26.07.2026 10:29, David C Rankin wrote:
% > 
...
% > that isn't Plasma or Gnome, session restoration isn't something that
% > will "just work",
% 
...
% With X11 clients need to be written to actually save and restore their state
...
% the same as with Wayland - it does not magically "just works", it needs to
% be explicitly supported and implemented.

A fair point.  That's pretty much true of any software :-)


% 
% The only difference is that X11 exists for almost 40 years and so this has
% already been implemented for the clients you are interested in.

But by now the "just works" label is certainly earned.  Users don't have
to think about it.  It sounds like Wayland will get there, but it sure
would break me if I had to switch before that point :-/


HAND

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