Tussle between X11 and Wayland

 

Tussle between  X11 and Wayland 
 

Gnome and KDE are planning to drop the legacy X11 display server in favor of the Wayland to improve supposed to be security issues. 

The real issue is that new hardware, not providing source code to X11 for performance improvement based on X11 implementation which are based on strict protocols.       

NVidea and Geforce who are profit oriented companies that can handle HDR and high DPI displays want to dominate the market.  

These devices improve gaming performance and the Linux entry into gaming arena is a significant factor in market economy. 

Wayland compositor layer allows developers to focus on new features and optimization without being held back by X11 protocols which remains to this day. 

Gnome and KDE moving to Wayland is to enhance this slow killing of the master of protocols of X11.
 

Wayland cannot handle screen capturing, screen sharing, magnifications and virtual keyboards which X11, supports and is pretty good at. 

However, Wayland in not universal or global protocol but a compositor.  Wayland does not work on old machines which are functional to this day. It does not work on certain old distributions.

Ubuntu created this saga and left the scene and that is why I do not use Ubuntu. 
 

However, X11 is the standard for all Window Managers. 

It was Ubuntu upsetting the apple cart.         

It was a crime. 

There are so many compositors that do not work on old computers. 

I do not mind KDE moving only to Wayland. 

I am ambiguous about Gnome becoming only Wayland. 

It is the total abandonment of Linux Philosophy. 

GNOME and KDE distributions send (alarm bells), electric shock through my spine. I would not bat on for ever on Linux, but  only until  I am 80 and thereafter I would retire. 

It is the responsibility of the young and the enthusiasts to drive Linux Philosophy forward.
 

For users, most applications will continue to work via compatibility layers like Xwayland while many distributions are defaulting to Wayland. Most applications based on X11 will continue to function on Wayland through the Xwayland compatibility layer.
 

This is like throwing the bath water with the baby. 

Guys and who did not make any contribution to Linux code is making decisions to undermine the very nature of Linux at its core.

Yes, it is a crime which is not punishable. 

I won’t live long to see how the future hold for mankind.