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Wayland didn’t kill Linux desktops, but it did expose their weakest assumptions [EDIT: Warning, article likely written with AI assistance] (www.xda-developers.com)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to c/linux@programming.dev
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[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 136 points 6 months ago (1 children)

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de -5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

wayland didn't remove spacebar heating. Wayland removed the spacebar

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

So you'll always get heating, without having to press the spacebar, no?
Better

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

but only if you convince yourself you never need to type spaces ever again

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 6 months ago

Nah it's fine now. We have rebindings right in the compositor. I can just use the space-key instead.