@mcc You're much more knowledgeable on graphics stacks than I am - may I ask about your current take on the Wayland/X11 transition?
My own background is that of a lapsed but recently returned Linux desktop user, gamer and occasional streamer, who is kinda rooting for the maturation of the newer tech, sure, but also low-key baffled by the remaining number of issues.
(Not trying to start anything or asking you to defend stuff, just curious about your two cents on this field of FOSS evolution.)
(1) The Wayland transition is unavoidable. X11 can't any longer be maintained: Nobody *wants* to maintain X11, and there's no mechanism to *force* anyone to maintain X11. X11 is a contract with GPU manufacturers and new GPUs are made all the time, so you can't just stick with what you have.
(2) The Wayland transition probably couldn't have been delayed, at least not much, because I don't know where the resources to maintain both stacks in parallel much longer would have come with.
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