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GNOME Moves On: What the End of the X11 Session Means (linuxiac.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And the guy in question is, simply put, a nutjob.

I don't even disagree with the idea of ditching X11. My criticism is timing; statistics like this show 90% X usage, either instead or alongside Wayland; it's clear most users still use X11, in one form or another. It's like making a street cars only when most people still use horse chariots.

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A KDE developer made a blog post on the 21st talking about X11 stats on KDE and the numbers show the majority are already on Wayland.

At this point in time, our telemetry says that a majority of Plasma users are already using the Wayland session. Currently 73% of Plasma 6 users who have turned on telemetry are using the Wayland session, and a little over 60% of all telemetry-activating users (including Plasma 5 users) are on Wayland.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

The difference between both links is huge - one shows 7%, another 73%. Since I have no idea which is more reliable, nor I think this difference is due to time (the FF link is from 2022), let's go with your link instead.

73% Wayland means 27% X11. It's still a lot; not a big problem in KDE's case, since its developers are rather emphatic on still maintaining the X11 session. Can't say the same about GNOME.