alexdeathway@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoELI5 the whole Wayland vs X11 going on.message-squaremessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1201arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up1185arrow-down1message-squareELI5 the whole Wayland vs X11 going on.alexdeathway@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml · 6 months agomessage-square126fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresatanmat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down6·6 months agoOkay ELI5 X11 is a win doing system. It is old and has been around for years. Wayland is a new one. They both are the core that a gui sits on. Wayland has some great new stuff but some people don’t like change
minus-squareanswersplease77@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agowhich one is lighter/faster on old laptops?
minus-squaredrndramrndra@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months ago Wayland has some great new stuff but some people don’t like change More like: it was released 15 years ago and it’s still broken for a lot of people, while x11 is actually working without issues.
Okay ELI5
X11 is a win doing system. It is old and has been around for years.
Wayland is a new one.
They both are the core that a gui sits on.
Wayland has some great new stuff but some people don’t like change
which one is lighter/faster on old laptops?
More like: it was released 15 years ago and it’s still broken for a lot of people, while x11 is actually working without issues.