Gregory's Server
@compositor (can someone please explain the joke? I don't get?)
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 @bookstardust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_(protocol) is called the successor of the X11 display server on Linux machines, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windowing_system#Display_server_communications_protocols. They are referenced to as "Wayland" and "X" respective. So yes, this is a kind of "Linux joke". And in case of wayland.social vs. x.com a real good one 🤣  @IzzyOnDroid @bookstardust That's too deep for me. My first thought was: "Weyland Yutani, but with wrong spelling." @IzzyOnDroid @bookstardust I have linux mint on my laptop, but basically I'm a N00b... :-) Mr Weyland of Weyland Yutani is the self-made billionaire with too much hubris that wants to live forever and to converse with aliens on eye level in "Alien Prometheus". Not a great movie, but Weyland resembles Elmo Murks to a certain degree.  @janhelms @bookstardust @compositor I suppose it is a pun on Musk rebranding Twitter. Wayland is a display protocol intended to replace the X display server on Linux systems. |
@bookstardust@bildung.social @compositor@wayland.social Elon Musk announced that he is renaming Twitter to X. In the Linux world, X (or X11) and Wayland are two windowing systems (X is mostly old and quite outdated).
This joke just had to be made 😆