I'm curious as to whether Ubuntu's recent decision to switch to Wayland by
default will be upheld in Trisquel. Personally, I'm all in favor of moving
away from X and its myriad problems soon but not yet. I tend to agree with
the statements made by Fedora team members that it'll be the right move
eventually, but it's not there yet.
Some thoughts:
Pros:
More efficient protocol.
LGPL'd server and libraries.
Works with free video drivers like nouveau.
I actually think it's a plus that Nvidia has decided not to support Wayland,
given that their official video drivers are non-free and in violation of the
kernel's license.
Cons:
Won't be ready for a while.
Needs nasty OSX-style nested X server for backwards compatibility.
There'd be a lot of pressure not to write Wayland-native apps as long as
other distros refused to switch.
