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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 🤣

Like 24 Jul 2023 at 15:43 | Wall-to-wall | Open on floss.social

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gen/Eric

@IzzyOnDroid @bookstardust Also the website for X11 is https://x.org :computer_explorer:

24 Jul 2023 at 15:50 | Open on bitbang.social

Asahi Linya (朝日りにゃ〜)

@NTICompass @IzzyOnDroid @bookstardust And the logos are very similar ^^

25 Jul 2023 at 3:27 | Open on vt.social

Jan Helms

@IzzyOnDroid @bookstardust That's too deep for me. My first thought was: "Weyland Yutani, but with wrong spelling."

24 Jul 2023 at 16:40 | Open on rheinneckar.social

IzzyOnDroid ✅

@janhelms different worlds: that one doesn't ring a bell with me 🙈 @bookstardust

24 Jul 2023 at 19:45 | Open on floss.social

Jan Helms

@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.

24 Jul 2023 at 19:55 | Open on rheinneckar.social

m0xEE

@janhelms
Didn't ring a bell to me too first, but now I don't understand how could I forget about it, Weyland Corporation from the Alien franchise!
I've even made a joke once by drawing a parallel between the two — the compositor and the fictional corporation 😂
@IzzyOnDroid @bookstardust

24 Jul 2023 at 20:05 | Open on social.librem.one

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