Okay software developers, Linux folks, et al. Time for a rant. I know you all love what you do, and a lot of you make very great things. The problem though is that y’all somehow think you know better than the average computer user about what a system or a user needs or do not need.
X11. I cannot afford new hardware. I run old stuff. Xorg is fine. Wayland runs like shit for me, no matter the implementation. Do not talk over me telling me I’m wrong.
1/?
Callista Graves
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2025-09-07 20:58:28 UTC
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