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- Fragmented Adoption: While desktop environments like GNOME and KDE are moving toward Wayland, some distributions still offer X11 as the default, and users can choose.
Furthermore, there is evidence suggesting orchestration behind the scenes to accelerate Wayland adoption. The KDE project, for instance, announced the dropping of X11 support, prompting some developers to fork KDE and maintain X11 support independently. The KDE team's push to remove X11 support and the threat of rebranding or legal action against forked projects highlight an active effort to standardize on Wayland.
Motivations Behind the Push for Wayland
The strong push for Wayland’s adoption appears to be driven not only by technological progress but also by strategic interests: