That being said I am curious about how Wayland operates versus X11. I know XFCE hasn't switched to it, but Gnome and KDE have. Gnome and KDE have both gone a different direction than I like in their design so not really interested in installing those.
Gnome and KDE (Plasma) are both beautiful and useful in their own right. While Gnome tends to be more functional of the two, KDE is clearly more about aesthetics. From the three, XFCE showed the very least amount of bugs or annoyances here over the years, the other two always had some little thing that bugged me. I am kind of loyal to what serves me the best programme. It is kind of biased, since I use XFCE the most, I get used to it and start to see, sometimes the same, annoyances or even bugs as part of the software. Being more forgiving. And the logo is cute. :-)
But that's not a real answer, of course. Wayland is fine for me, but X11 is more pured out, better distilled. Wayland is more from and for today, with mobiles, tablets and all in mind. Or, that's how I see it, to be honoust. My first question is always: does it work for me and what makes it better than what I use now?
That's what I love about Linux and the open source movement in general: choices and trustworthiness. I trust open source software from a group of good dedicated programmers and an active forum with it way better than their closed source counterparts. :-)
Wayland is definitely unpolished and too new to be mainstream. I'm just excited about something new for once in Linux land. X11 has worked for a long time, but it has gotten behind with modern configurations. Graphics drivers, for one, have been a pita on X11 the whole time.
I follow a similar thought pattern. XFCE has been the most stable for me as well. I didn't mind Gnome 2.x, but once Gnome Shell came out I lost interest. I like a traditional desktop layout. Gnome Shell seems more like a mobile layout to me. KDE is definitely geared towards aesthetics and they are good at what they do. My issue has been the odd annoyances or bugs that just won't get squashed and I will always prefer function over form (in anything).
That being said I am curious about how Wayland operates versus X11. I know XFCE hasn't switched to it, but Gnome and KDE have. Gnome and KDE have both gone a different direction than I like in their design so not really interested in installing those.
Gnome and KDE (Plasma) are both beautiful and useful in their own right. While Gnome tends to be more functional of the two, KDE is clearly more about aesthetics. From the three, XFCE showed the very least amount of bugs or annoyances here over the years, the other two always had some little thing that bugged me. I am kind of loyal to what serves me the best programme. It is kind of biased, since I use XFCE the most, I get used to it and start to see, sometimes the same, annoyances or even bugs as part of the software. Being more forgiving. And the logo is cute. :-)
But that's not a real answer, of course. Wayland is fine for me, but X11 is more pured out, better distilled. Wayland is more from and for today, with mobiles, tablets and all in mind. Or, that's how I see it, to be honoust. My first question is always: does it work for me and what makes it better than what I use now? That's what I love about Linux and the open source movement in general: choices and trustworthiness. I trust open source software from a group of good dedicated programmers and an active forum with it way better than their closed source counterparts. :-)
Wayland is definitely unpolished and too new to be mainstream. I'm just excited about something new for once in Linux land. X11 has worked for a long time, but it has gotten behind with modern configurations. Graphics drivers, for one, have been a pita on X11 the whole time.
I follow a similar thought pattern. XFCE has been the most stable for me as well. I didn't mind Gnome 2.x, but once Gnome Shell came out I lost interest. I like a traditional desktop layout. Gnome Shell seems more like a mobile layout to me. KDE is definitely geared towards aesthetics and they are good at what they do. My issue has been the odd annoyances or bugs that just won't get squashed and I will always prefer function over form (in anything).