Wayland has reached 40% Linux desktop market share after 17 years of development, driven by GNOME 46, KDE Plasma 6, and NVIDIA's improved Wayland drivers. X11's long decline continues toward an estima
A detailed critique argues Wayland's slow adoption (40-50% after 17 years) vs PipeWire (dominant in 8) reveals fundamental flaws in greenfield project planning. Scope creep, fragmentation, and missing