Fedora 41 plans to migrate the Anaconda installer to Wayland, remove X11 packages from GNOME, and reduce maintenance effort, following RHEL's decision to remove X.Org server.
  • MrSoup@lemmy.zip
    228·
    20 days ago

    I still don’t get why GNOME moved to RDP instead of sticking with VNC.
    Embracing Microsoft technologies to better fit offices?

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      17·
      19 days ago

      Because RDP is better for security and performance. FreeRDP is well supported and isn’t going anywhere.

      VNC is just very old and is missing features. It also has design limitations that can’t just be overcome by adding standards.

    • setVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.ca
      2·
      14 days ago

      It’s a libre implementation of RDP. Regardless of who pioneered it, it’s still open-source software, and Microsoft needs to keep RDP backwards compatible so it’s unlikely they’ll break it.

      Worst case, FreeRDP can just go and do its own thing regardless of Microsoft