Comment by poulpy123
2 hours ago
Isn't the switch from X11 to Wayland the most painful switch that happened in the linux world ? Even going from python 2 to 3 was not as bad
2 hours ago
Isn't the switch from X11 to Wayland the most painful switch that happened in the linux world ? Even going from python 2 to 3 was not as bad
The move from kernel 2.4.x to 2.6.x was pretty painful. The slog from 2.6 to 3.0 and a development model that a least somewhat resembles the model used today was exhausting.
In case you weren't there, the "even" kernels (e.g. 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, and 2.6) were the stable series while the "odd" kernels (e.g. 2.1, 2.3, 2.5) were the development series, the development model was absolutely mental and development moved at a glacial pace compared to today's breakneck speed.
The pre-git days were less than ideal. The BitKepper years were... interesting, politically and philosophically speaking.
Also, KDE4 was a dark, dark period.
X11 to Wayland was painless for me. I guess it depends on what you need from it.
What about systemd?
Systemd was easy for me. All things worked in transition and have the big advantage that don't need shell scripts for create services. Wayland..., is slow, buggy, applications close without reason...
I haven't had a single issue with Systemd and the transition was measured in years, not decades.
Just wait. In 8 years, Wayland will be as old as X11 was when Wayland was created.
Then we'll make Wayland 2.
Cries in KDE3 -> KDE4