Re: On the matter of Wayland

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 at 15:03, gbWilly <gbWilly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wednesday, August 13th, 2025 at 07:50, Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> I think we just need to cater for a possibility restricted Wayland system.
>
> A few lines of..
>
> If Desktop.Platform <> "x11" Then Return
>
> The new Window.StartMove function fixes "most" of my Wayland issues.
>
> What's exactly the issue you're having that makes Wayland a no go?
>
> Respects
> BruceS
>
>
> All in life that takes away possibilities I used to have and was able to
> do, is my objection to this and most we get thrown at our feet these days.
>
> This is just another corporate move, into the world of open source, to
> control the narrative and take away freedom, all in the name of the usual
> suspects like safety, health, protect children as that sells the best.
>
> See a pattern?
>
> gbWilly
>

I do, seems pretty clear to me.

I think what confirmed it was the issue with Desktop.Screenshot, where as
before it was possible to grab an image of any area/position on the screen.
Now with Wayland their view is a program should not be able to do this for
security reasons.
But in an open source world where all the code is accessible there should
not be these security reasons they speak of.
Only in a closed source world where code is kept secret are we going to get
those kind of problems.

Wayland is definitely a step towards a more commercialized linux.
There has to be many corporate types out there who see linux as a potential
goldmine and they all want to be as rich as Bill Gates.

Respects
BruceS