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I am not sure about this but these are my current thoughts. X.org is an implementation of the X11 protocol and X11 is just a protocol and not a piece of software. My question is that is Wayland a completely new protocol that aims to completely replace X11 or is it supposed to replace X.org and implement X11? I am relatively new to display managers and WMs so I may need to clear some misconceptions!

abhobe
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    [It's a protocol replacing X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_(display_server_protocol)). – KGIII Sep 04 '20 at 03:02
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    Note that Wayland is a new protocol for that aims to solve a *different problem* than the X protocol. See [this question](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/596894/how-does-linuxs-display-work). – Johan Myréen Sep 04 '20 at 04:28
  • Yes! Thanks everyone this is all helpful! – abhobe Sep 05 '20 at 04:50

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