Iseva ye-X, ebilokhu inathi isikhathi eside ezindaweni ze-Unix, inezinye izindlela ezithakazelisayo ezifana ne -Wayland . Kulabo abangajwayelene nephrojekthi, i-Wayland iyiphrothokholi yeseva/umtapo wolwazi ehlose ukufaka esikhundleni seseva ye-X endala neyinkimbinkimbi ukuze isebenze kangcono ezindaweni zedeskithophu zesimanje, njengoba iyindlela yesimanje uma iqhathaniswa ne-X, njengoba i-Mir egulayo yayihloselwe ukuba njalo. Isebenza ngokusatshalaliswa kwe-GNU/Linux futhi isivele isebenza kwezinye izindawo zokusabalalisa, njengoba kungenzeka ukuthi uke waphawula…
Manje, uJonas Ã…dahl , omunye wabathuthukisi bephrojekthi, umemezele ukukhishwa kwe-Wayland 1.16. Nakuba kungesona isibuyekezo esikhulu, kufaka phakathi ukuthuthukiswa okuncane kunenguqulo yangaphambilini. Lokhu kumelela elinye igxathu eliya phambili ekuthuthukisweni kwaleli qoqo lamaphrothokholi (okuzinzile nokungazinzile) okuhlose ukuba yindinganiso yangempela yezinhlelo zesimanje ze-GNU/Linux futhi ekugcineni kuthathe indawo ye-X.
Manje, ku-Wayland 1.16, sizothola inguqulo ebuyekeziwe yephrothokholi yombhalo engazinzile, ukuthuthukiswa kwephrothokholi ye-XDG-Shell ezinzile, izinguquko ku-XDG-Output, kanye nezinye izithuthukisi ezimbalwa. Njengoba ngishilo, izithuthukisi aziziningi noma azizintsha njengoba abanye bengase balindele, kodwa zamukelekile njalo futhi zizofaka isandla ekuhlangenwe nakho okubushelelezi ngezindawo zezithombe ezikusekelayo, njenge-KDE Plasma, i-GNOME, nezinye.
Ngendlela, uma ubungazi, i-Wayland ingahambisana nezinhlelo zokusebenza ezibhalwe ngqo ukuthi zisebenze ku-X; yilokho i-xwayland eyadalelwa khona . Ngamanye amazwi, kufana nendlela izinhlelo zokusebenza ezibhalwe ngayo izindawo ezisekelwe ku-X-Window System ezisebenza ngayo ohlelweni lwezithombe lwe-macOS lwendabuko lwe-Apple.
Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe, ungavakashela iwebhusayithi ye -Freedesktop , lapho uzothola khona konke okudingeka ukwazi mayelana nephrojekthi.