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Artix Linux discontinues XLibre support due to bugs and harassment
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this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2026
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May I have some context? Too far outside of Linux to recognize who these people are (and usually assume "libre" usually means "good")
XLibre is a Xorg fork by an apolitical software developer who got kicked of the Xorg team for introducing too many improvements to the Xorg code base.
you had me until I followed the link. the readme when xlibre was forked is a very reasonable, apolitical take and didn't have me immediately write it off.
I really don't understand the wayland issues. I get it didn't or doesn't have some features of X but that's how everything goes.
Sure, proudly claiming that your project is DEI free is just apolitical. Is anyone else hearing this high pitched noise?
Wayland was rough a few years ago and people who tried it then before switching back to X11 think it's still the same.
The Wayland devs have been hard at work hammering out all the edge cases and getting Nvidia's drivers working properly, so a lot of stuff that didn't work in 2022 or took effort to set up works out of the box now.
I also want to point out that the Wayland devs are, by and large, the exact same people as the X11 devs. These aren't white monster fueled hotshots working for a FAANG with a massive case of Not Invented Here. The people who knew X11 best designed Wayland from the foundation up to be the better solution.
It turns out when the people who knew X11 best decided there was no more polishing this turd and it was time to start over, they knew what they were on about?
Ah! Another round of "drama!".
And the fun with neovim over the past day. I wonder if they use XLibre or Omarchy lol
Apolitical people doing apolitical stuff, I guess.