Re: X11 vs Wayland: KiCAD story -> BSD Desktop.

Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> writes:

> https://www.kicad.org/blog/2025/06/KiCad-and-Wayland-Support/
>
> Some big projects seem to talk out loud about compatibility and
> maintenance issues of "modern" solutions as well as "enforced changes"
> ideologies in Open-Source :-)
>
> I like the "Linux is already a small section of the KiCad userbase"
> statement, that seems to confirm my old saying "Open-Source is much
> bigger than Linux, Linux is only small part of Open-Source" (aka
> "Linux is Open-Source, but Open-Source is not only Linux").
>
> "Linux mindset" clearly means "enforced changes" and
> "self-incompatibility" which may be nail to its coffin in the long
> run. More and more people can see that clearly now.
>
> As European countries seem to ditch Microsoft solutions in the gov/edu
> areas and there is a very strong push now towards Open-Source,
> unfortunately still towards Linux as the first candidate, this may be
> a great chance for BSD to come out and take a lead with its solid
> roots and long term compatibility as the well established Desktop
> Environment. This opportunity should not be missed.
>
> I hope this will also be a good time to reveal Open-Source drivers
> problems, lack of development support from vendors, maybe gain funding
> from the governments, and that Linux will not lead this mess anymore.
> We should all have a common base for stable useful versatile and
> self-compatible drivers that can be used along on all Open-Source
> operating systems :-)
>
> Have a good day folks :-)
> Tomek

I don't think that this is the project's mindset to aggressively compete
with GNU/Linux in general. I don't think that gov/edu folk really care
about actual replacement for Windows as soon as it'll be working just
fine to satisfy their needs either (they might even think... that
FreeBSD is another GNU/Linux distribution!).

For example, I'll be running Xfce as long as it'll be necessary to have
a properly working KiCad and try Wayland stuff occasionally to have an
idea how im/mature it became. Not the other way around.

Regards,
Dmitry

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