That's actually the reason windows is and will stay my main desktop system. Form...

lukeschlather · on Dec 30, 2015

Linux biggest problem is perpetual rewrites. X11 is pretty much the only subsystem that hasn't suffered a backwards-incompatible rewrite in the past 10 years.

X11 could use some improvement, but I doubt a new system will address the core problems, which are basically the result of hardware drivers being written for Windows with Linux as an afterthought.

0_00_0 · on Dec 30, 2015

I agree, thankfully Wayland is well on its way. GDM uses it by default as of 3.16 and the Gnome DE just needs a --session=-gnome-wayland parameter.

It has actually gotten to the point where it's stable enough for daily use now.

progman · on Dec 31, 2015

> It has actually gotten to the point where it's stable enough for daily use now.

Really? What about X11 compatibility?

sandGorgon · on Dec 30, 2015

Really recommend Fedora 23 - login using Wayland. You will be truly surprised. FYI - you can try it out without installing (as a livecd)

_euvw · on Dec 30, 2015

I was surprised by Fedora 23 when it asked me to reboot in order to apply patches. And these were not kernels that were updates. Huge step backwards.

dman · on Dec 30, 2015

I would settle for a high resolution tty that works without much fiddling.

progman · on Dec 31, 2015

> Former Windows 7, now an "unfucked" Windows 10 Enterprise.

Congratulations ;-)

http://www.networkworld.com/article/2956574/microsoft-subnet...

> IMHO X11 needs to be replaced as fast as possible.

Why? If you don't like X11 you can switch to Wayland right now. I am content with X11 for many years.

ris · on Dec 31, 2015

"IMHO X11 needs to be replaced as fast as possible."

X11 has very little to do with any of your complaints.