alt Hacker News> This definitely doesn't match my memory, and I was there :) Most of the good reasons remain unavailable in X11 to this day.
You two here don't mention any of the reasons. It is hard to discuss this when there are no specifics, so what was needed, and what was not added?
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yepguy • today at 3:19 AM
The 3 justifications I remember for Wayland were security (isolating windows from each other), multi DPI, and eliminating tearing. All are now features of XLibre.
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Per-display DPI settings. No snooping on input without permission. Awareness of the lock screen (the compositor can know that the lock screen is active and provide alternate keybindings instead of having to configure the lock application as well). Locking is not blocked by context menus being open.
I ran XMonad for 15 years, but recently switched to river and am loving it.