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

On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM Dmitry Salychev <dsl@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 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

Thanks Dmitry, I fully agree and work the same, but I can see the
opportunity here to show people the difference between Linux and
FreeBSD so they are at least aware there are other OS out there in the
Open-Source world and _why_ FreeBSD is not yet another Linux
distribution :-)

Also this kind of big moves may indicate a clear directions and goals
for the LDWG (Laptop Desktop Working Group) from the market demands
point of view not only what we as users/developers think we want :-)

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CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info