Harrington: Wayland: Atomics Ahead!

Bryce Harrington writes about thecurrent and future state of Wayland. "A lot of people areanticipating Wayland on their desktops. For now, we remain in a holdingpattern while the DE developers roll out their Wayland support, but some ofthese efforts are reasonably mature enough now. The question starts tobecome whether there is an adequate ecosystem of Wayland enabled clientapplications. For things that can't simply be moved to Wayland, thequestion is if Xwayland will be up to snuff. Exploring this space will takesome pioneering spirits."