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ELI5 the whole Wayland vs X11 going on. (programming.dev)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Okay ELI5

X11 is a win doing system. It is old and has been around for years.

Wayland is a new one.

They both are the core that a gui sits on.

Wayland has some great new stuff but some people don’t like change

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

which one is lighter/faster on old laptops?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Wayland has some great new stuff but some people don’t like change

More like: it was released 15 years ago and it's still broken for a lot of people, while x11 is actually working without issues.