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   Message 21,194 of 21,759   
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to Theo   
   Re: killing X11   
   23 Jun 25 23:38:46   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On 23 Jun 2025 12:56:01 +0100 (BST), Theo wrote:   
      
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 14:39:53 -0000 (UTC), Ben Collver wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> It all starts with a popular toolkit library like QTK. Even if people   
   >>> don't upgrade X11, if they run a browser, they're on the upgrade   
   >>> treadmill.   
   >>   
   >> If you try to pull an XFree86, someone will pull an Xorg on you.   
   >   
   > They already did:   
   > https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/20/new_version_of_xorg_x11/   
   >   
   > although unclear how much takeup this will get.   
      
   Obviously, if X11 really is still that much loved, it should get a lot of   
   takeup.   
      
   If it doesn’t ... then I guess that proves the Wayland developers’ point,   
   doesn’t it?   
      
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