I'm not sure the Linux desktop needs much saving anymore.<p>Even games released by Microsoft (like the new 2024 flight simulator) have excellent performance on Linux. And installing them through Steam and running em in Proton is easy and end-user-friendly. Thousands of gamers use a Steam Deck and never gave it a 2nd thought that all of the Windows games just work. The Linux desktop already works very well for a ton of use cases. And with Microsoft aggressively pushing features that their users hate, people are getting more willing to overlook little Linux hickups by the day. Because at least it's not invasive and obnoxious ads.
Wayland is necessary, but not sufficient, to save the Linux desktop. Support for many important modern display technologies (hiDPI, HDR) exists <i>only</i> in Wayland.
The article is outdated. Here ks the 2025 follow-up by the same author: <a href="https://dudemanguy.github.io/blog/posts/2025-02-03-wayland-xorg-2/wayland-xorg-2.html" rel="nofollow">https://dudemanguy.github.io/blog/posts/2025-02-03-wayland-x...</a>
(2022)<p>Starts with <i>"This entire post is severely outdated much to my pleasant surprise. I've written up a follow-up post you can read here. The text is still here for historical reasons."</i><p>What's the point of posting this?
The author also linked a more recent review of Wayland at the top, which could be more interesting.<p>(I'm too incompetent to talk about anything technical but just to point it out)