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How so?
Ah ok. Thank you for the detailed answer.
I really don't get the whole Wayland vs X11 thing. X11 works fine, why crate an alternative? What's so great about Wayland that can't be implemented in X11?
Thank you for the great explanation. I haven't been keeping tabs on this subject so I'm a bit ignorant about the limitations of X11 advantages of Wayland.
For me X11 just worked and I was happy with that. I want aware of the security issues either.