Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 04:03:39 -0300
From: Leo <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>
To: ~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org
Subject: Re: wayland support vs xorg support in alpine!
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On Sun, 18 Oct 2020 21:10:52 -0400
PICCORO McKAY Lenz <mckaygerhard@gmail.com> wrote:

> i have hear about gnome and new wayland integration.. of course we
> know that desktop is not in main alpine repository.. but..
> 
> *my question is... between wayland and xorg alpine linux do you opt
> for what everyone uses or for one in particular?*
> 
> Let's keep in mind that although wayland has developed in current
> times with many resources and large communities: in more than 10
> years it has not been completely stable and leaves all the work to
> the toolkit libraries
> 
> On the other hand, xorg, although it has design details, today it is
> incorrectly called "failure issues", since we do not take into
> account that its main objective was for a time when this protocol was
> used on local networks and not on the Internet, and and, in that era
> one service was one powered computer. today any modern computer has
> enough power for all of this.
> 
> 
> Lenz McKAY Gerardo (PICCORO)
> http://qgqlochekone.blogspot.com

Hello.

GNOME is in community/ and uses Wayland by default, users must pick
GNOME on Xorg to get X11.

As far as I'm aware Alpine will follow upstream, if they pick Wayland
then Wayland will be used.

Regards
Leo