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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Seems imminent https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/14 Basically waiting on some implementations to get merged if I'm reading it right.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

I hope we see some evidence of those governance changes this year

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago

I like this picture of a cat that shows up every time this repo is linked. Good things are to come when this cat appears on my feed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Seems imminent https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/14

Basically waiting on some implementations to get ready to merge if I'm reading it right.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Wayland is essentially finally done, all the time and effort spent on the great transition will be remembered.

Now we move forward, past what x11 could ever do, and onto greatness. It only took like 17 years.

edit: I guess there's still accessibility work to be done, though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago

I knew 2025 is gonna be the year of the linux desktop