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[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (26 children)
[–] Mwa@lemm.ee -5 points 1 week ago (17 children)

True considering 90% of linux desktops are still x11 only outside of kde and gnome (they use x11 as fallback)

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world -3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (14 children)

It saddens me to see you being downvoted by the Wayland evangelists when it is CLEARLY not a (EDIT: feature complete) replacement for X11 yet. If I could upvote you twice, I would.

[–] Smirkjuice@mstdn.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@mycodesucks @Mwa Wayland is so stable what r u talking about

[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

No issues at all ngl I wish all the lightweight desktops supported it :(

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