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The Real Story Behind Wayland and X - Daniel Stone (linux.conf.au 2013)
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What this video covers
Daniel Stone, a longtime X and Wayland developer, explains at linux.conf.au 2013 why X11's design became untenable and what motivated Wayland. The talk walks through X's history and accumulated cruft.
How the source describes its HN context
HN treats it as the definitive, funny and educational answer to why X could not be fixed, and links it in almost every Wayland vs X argument.
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