Why don't we have Wayland yet?!

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Or: The state of Linux Graphics with Raspberry Pi and RustI have long wanted to create my own desktop operating system targeting the Raspberry Pi. I believe we should have a hackable desktop environment that is both powerful and lightweight, similar to BeOS and the Amiga. To build this desktop we really need full control over how apps draw to the screen, but still have hardware acceleration. That means we'll need to use real graphics drivers and real graphics APIs from existing Linux desktops. When I last looked at all things Linux graphics five years ago everything was a mess but with some promising signs. Over the past couple of days I've been researching the current state. Here is my report, with both good and bad news.Roughly following the Feynman method, what follows is my mental understanding of the current state of graphics with lots of links. I'm writing this down to clarify my thoughts and hopefully help anyone else trying to understand the ever shifting landscape that is gra…