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Reassessing Wayland

So a bit under 3 years ago, I made my infamous Wayland rant post that is likely the most read post on this blog by miles. I should really actually write about music again one of these days, but that's a topic for another time.

Another big development is the introduction of the commit-timing and fifo protocols to finally solve the dreaded "compositor stalls the rendering thread" issue. In the past, I felt a bit annoyed at people overselling Wayland when there were so many things still wrong with it on the fundamental level. But at the same time, it is true that Wayland is where all of the work is going these days and I would say it has eclipsed Xorg in most things at this point minus some specific areas.

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