Ubuntu Dumps X For Unity On Wayland

An anonymous reader writes "Canonical and Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has announced that Ubuntu will move away from the traditional X.org display environment to Wayland — a more modern alternative. The move means there is now little reason for GNOME developers to recommend Ubuntu as an operating system. Shuttleworth said, 'We're confident we’ll be able to retain the ability to run X applications in a compatibility mode, so this is not a transition that needs to reset the world of desktop free software. Nor is it a transition everyone needs to make at the same time: for the same reason we'll keep investing in the 2D experience on Ubuntu despite also believing that Unity, with all its GL dependencies, is the best interface for the desktop. We'll help GNOME and KDE with the transition, there's no reason for them not to be there on day one either.'"

Comments

woohoo!

[Anonymous Coward]

about damn time somebody had the balls to drop X. Oh, but i can't run x over ssh over a 300 baud modem!!!!111!!!!eleven!! Well, you can't drive a ferrari through the outback either, but it get more pussy than a jeep.

Re:A bit sensationalist...

[Enderandrew]

We don't allow sensible comments here. You need to change your post to "Shuttleworth kicks Gnome developers square in the nuts".

Re:No standards at all

[TheCRAIGGERS]

I was only replying to the parent. The GP was indeed wrong and obviously didn't read the article before jumping to conclusions.

But in his/her defense, it was a first post in an article about linux, by an AC, and didn't contain anything about a 'frosty piss'. It's still a definite improvement.

Re:No standards at all

[Hooya]

> it's almost time to stop touching devices at all

I've been touching devices for quite a while and I am going blind.

Seriously. I'm supposed to pick up my prescription glasses today.. for reading on the computer monitor.

So quit touching your device. You'll go blind.

Re:Ok great for beginners

[RCGodward]

X is absolutely required for Unix.
uniX
See?

Re:Ok great for beginners

[camperdave]

> You have no idea what you're talking about, do you?

No. I just happen to do this for a living.

Ah! A consultant.

Re:Ok great for beginners

[Lumpy]

Yggdrasil.

Re:No standards at all

[idontgno]

If he had read TFA, this wouldn't have been Slashdot. It may in fact have been SPARTA!

Re:OSX, Windows 95, Vista, Windows 7

[Cajun Hell]

apple, Microsoft and Sun all have radically changed their widowing systems on many occasions

Sure, they changed certain aspects of the system, but they never strayed from the core design assumption: the husband must die.

Re:No standards at all

[spun]

Hey, that's not fair! I know Amicus Brief, he's not a redneck. He may be backwards, uneducated, opinionated, a hick, white trash, a redneck, and an idiot, but the man is no redneck!