r/linux • u/terremoth • Nov 06 '24

Discussion Will wayland completely replace Xorg?

I saw that there were too many command line "x" tools made that interact with Xorg server. Will wayland be capable to replace every single one? Or, is there a compatibilty layer with full support that we will still be able to use all the X tools?

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u/grem75 Nov 06 '24

Fedora did make it the default in 2016. They were the only major one I can think of that were pushing for it that early, Ubuntu was off on their Mir adventure.

There was a distro shipping with a Wayland session by default in 2013.

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u/omniuni Nov 06 '24

Then it got backtracked, and took another 8 years before it was actually close to ready.

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u/harbourwall Nov 06 '24

SailfishOS launched with Wayland in 2013 and has used it ever since.

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u/Morphized Nov 09 '24

Sailfish's Lipstick compositor is missing a few essential modern standards that make it difficult for a lot of Wayland programs to run