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  • Why do you think its a problem that this is discussed a lot? Its a huge deal, so its only good its discussed and not accepted by everyone. I think this is healthy. We only read about the drama and a few quotes, but if you look closer then their argumentation makes a bit more sense. It is not just drama for the sake of drama. Some maybe toxic, that is another thing, because they would be toxic with other topics too.

    Here is in a videoformat from ThePrimeagen (programmer at Netflix, or he was, not sure about current state) going through a recent discussion in the Linux Kernel mailing list about this topic. It’s about a hour long and adds some thoughts on its own too, which was valuable to me. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QcQ_128OIw



  • Not bad is not a reason for people to upgrade. Something must be good, otherwise why would you. And there are couple of problems with Windows 11 like the bloat, less optimized on old hardware (if it runs) and all the headlines and talk about Microsoft integrating an Ai that scans everything you do. Plus the usual compatibility issues with updates and data collection that you can’t turn off. In the end, its just annoying for people to upgrade to Win 11, without any benefits to them, but the risk of new problems and incompatibility.

    However if I were a Possibly windows user who does not want to use anything else than Windows, then there is no question: upgrade is a must, because 10 stop getting support. Its as simple as that, provided the hardware can run it.



  • In short, X11 is a bit unsecure in its concept (like every program can read keyboard inputs you are doing right now). The multi monitor configuration possibilities and mixing different setups is basically impossible (I mean stuff like mixing 4k@120 Hz with G-Sync and another one with 1080p@60 Hz with just V-Sync). X11 or XOrg has a long history since the 80s with many versions, the code base is spaghetti code and its not a pleasure for developers to work on.

    Wayland is new, with a fresh and modern code base. It eliminates the security and monitor issues. Programs not written for Wayland does not work, but luckily there is XWayland, which allows running X11 games on Wayland. You can think of like Proton for X11, but without the benefits of Wayland, just a compatibility mode. In Wayland there are sub protocols, meaning standard definitions, that are developed and added after some time passes. I personally think protocols being like an addon that allows doing more stuff in a standardized way across all systems that support it. Developers in Wayland have a much better time working with its modern code base.

    Have a look at https://wayland.freedesktop.org/docs/html/ch03.html .


  • Firefox Translations now supports more languages than ever! Pages in Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean can now be translated and Russian is now available as a target language for translating into.

    Oh finally support for these Chinese, Japanese and Korean! Less reason to use Google translate. Edit: Just tested it on two websites, oh my goodness, it works well!