Why X11 Led to Wayland: Daniel Stone at linux.conf.au 2013
Mladen Mijatov · Talk · 46 min · 2013 · YouTube title: The Real Story Behind Wayland and X - Daniel Stone (linux.conf.au 2013)
Why it's here
HN treats it as the definitive, funny and educational answer to why X could not be fixed, and links it in almost every Wayland vs X argument.
What it covers
Daniel Stone, a longtime X and Wayland developer, explains at linux.conf.au 2013 why X11's design became untenable and what motivated Wayland. The talk walks through X's history and accumulated cruft.