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XOrg Server and Xwayland Patched Against Multiple Security Vulnerabilities - 9to5Linux (9to5linux.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Even if your distro is using Wayland by default, the Xwayland implementation is probably still used for compatibility with X11 apps, so you still need to patch your systems and make sure that the latest version is installed.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (5 children)

But people told me X is not being maintained anymore.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Actively developed is different from "maintained"

OpenOffice (OO) is being maintained and shouldn't be used

LibreOffice is being actively developed and should be used as a replacement to OO

Legacy softwares such as X11 and OO get updates to fix vulnerabilities

You prob said as irony, so used this opportunity to promote LibreOffice :)

https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice-vs-openoffice/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I invite everyone to take a look at Open Office's commits over the past few years, it's hilarious

[–] [email protected] 49 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Its not very actively developed but maintained. Development is nearly exclusively for XWayland

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

That makes sense. X is done, and Wayland isn't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Its not very actively developed but maintained.

Enough for me.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

every ban appeal I've made in a nutshell

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Part of this is possibly due to Xwayland too