Don't drop X11 support after Plasma 6.7 (last release Feb 2027)

[Alberto Salvia Novella]

That the guy is pissed of doesn't mean the conversation isn't constructive
or respectful.

The problems I'm observing myself on Wayland seem diverse and relevant:

- Plainly worse performance.
- Random jitter on the desktop.
- Windows not being decorated, glitchy when grabbed.
- Windows not raising.
- No full-screen application preserves aspect ratio (Sauterbraten, Super
Tux Kart) .
- Full-screen applications leaving black borders in the left and low side
of the screen (Darkmod).
- Clicking on the VirtualBox toolbar freezes the entire desktop.
- Recording the desktop makes a huge slow-down on animations on highly
capable hardware (OBS)
- Windows that have transparencies now painted black (DisplayCal).
- Windows that under certain circumstances can't be grabbed (Steam).

Having the applications not isolated, both in the display server and the
packaging, is an advantage not a drawback. As applications on Linux are
meant to colaborare, not be separated tools like on a phone.

Having the display protocol specification and the code being a single
software, is an advantage not a drawback. It allows capturing and
standardizing all kinds of details you discover LATER on in a single place,
for every other desktop.

My feeling is this: something like Wayland was quite needed but, at the
same time, it is quite contaminated by the narrow way of thinking of their
creators: GNOME.

GNOME and RedHat are Apple wannabes, but without contextualizing decisions.
They copied the weaknesses of the Apple model, in a context it fits even
worse. And they NEVER listen.

Maybe you can straight Wayland up, but it isn't without its... drawbacks.

On Mon, Feb 2, 2026 at 4:49 PM David Edmundson <david at davidedmundson.co.uk>
wrote:

> >This is a selfish waste of my time and constructive.
>
> *and not constructive
>
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