Ubuntu Linux moving to Wayland from X is a Natty move - InternetNews.com (blog)

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As if moving away from the GNOME Shell wasn't enough, Ubuntu Linux founder Mark Shuttleworth has now announced that Ubuntu is moving away from X too.

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Instead, Shuttleworth wants to move to the Wayland system -- which in my mind is an interesting move. Wayland is new (not a bad thing) and lacks the stability and maturity of X. That said it also lacks the decades-old baggage that comes with X.

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Instead, Shuttleworth wants to move to the Wayland system -- which in my mind is an interesting move. Wayland is new (not a bad thing) and lacks the stability and maturity of X. That said it also lacks the decades-old baggage that comes with X. "We're confident we'll be able to retain the ability to run X applications in a compatibility mode, so this is not a transition that needs to reset the world of desktop free software," Shuttleworth blogged.

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