Interesting

X11 is heavily outdated and vulnerable, but it features one thing Wayland doesn’t: it works with everything.

So, if Wayland checks your points, go Wayland. If something breaks - X11 is there to back you up.

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It is! But the extent to which it is used is limited by the efficiency losses that come with electrolysis, logistics, and reverse conversion.

I assume it could still be useful in applications that require long hauls, as dragging a heavy and expensive battery around can negate efficiency benefits over the long runs.

RustDesk could be a brilliant option, but the company is huge and there’s little chance to alter management decisions of this magnitude. This would take a lot of work on IT team, and as of right now, they can’t even care to update what they have, featuring outdated clients because they somehow “work better”.

But anyway, thanks for advice! Could be useful for my own projects.

X11 applications still run under XWayland

Somehow with XWayland enabled, the app still specifically demanded an actual X11 session

What’s Omnissa’s stance there?

They promise it will be done, but they already moved the dates several times

Migration would be great, but it’s not sometching an individual employee can do of an employer uses what it uses.

You make it look like old Nvidia cards are the only reason X11 is held around.

Heck, I had trouble installing remote desktop for my work (they use Omnissa Horizon) on Fedora, because the app still exclusively supports X11, and Fedora removed it in version 42.

There are plenty of instances of similar things happening here and there, and currently, ditching X11 will still be catastrophic for many users’ workflows.

Ideally, yes. But if Nvidia is stubborn, there are two ways to go about it:

• Say “screw it”, shift blame on Nvidia and not do anything to support Nvidia users (halving the userbase)
• Or do something about it and implement what is necessary to keep them supported.

all existing Nvidia systems suddenly disappeared because Linus said something somewhere

Sure, if I would buy/upgrade my PC now, I would go AMD for the graphics - it’s just less hassle this way, and open drivers are nice to have.

But it just so happened that I purchased my PC 5 years before I switched to Linux. It’s a perfectly functional machine I don’t feel the need to replace, and with many people coming over from Windows right now amid Windows 10 support termination, many more find themselves in a similar situation.

Building a new PC just for Linux is expensive, stupid, and not ecologically conscious. As Linux shows itself as a more democratic and old hardware-friendly option, supporting Nvidia GPUs, old or new, is a must, even if Nvidia itself gets hostile at times.

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This is English only. Other languages are downloaded separately, though they typically take less space.

Can be read directly, like normal Wikipedia.

Not sure, not having that option. Can imagine not much more, if proper version history management is involved.

With images, it is 111,08 GB

Nothing, it’s probably an attempt to have something stable and unchanging, so that aging doesn’t show much.

The meme doesn’t seem to be about Debian becoming bad, more like data hoarding.

I can answer one part of your question. Yes, it’s not as big as you think it is.

The more I know, thanks!

Amazing

Beautiful! Much worth asking for lol. Lawrence Linux ftw!

The answers might have confused you due to the unfortunate phrasing of the question. Let me clarify:

-Linux installation requires a separate partition. This can be your D:/ drive from Windows, a completely new physical drive, or a partition you free up on any drive using the Windows Disk Management. -This partition will be wiped upon installation. Back everything up from there. -All other partitions, including drive C:/, will be fully accessible from Linux. -Your Linux partition will not be visible from Windows. There are ways to interact with it from there, but they are neither convenient nor fully functional, and you probably shouldn’t rely on it.

Overall, it’s always a good strategy to back up everything important before installing a new system or reinstalling old one, but you probably know this already and this is not a strict technical requirement - just a peace of mind tip.