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The AI moved my computer from X11 to Wayland in an hour

The AI handled his X11 to Wayland migration in an hour, on a HiDPI screen.

How it works

  1. The AI runs the X11 to Wayland migration on his machine
  2. The desktop is migrated in an hour

Why it’s worth knowing

A full display server migration on his own machine was finished in an hour, HiDPI quirks and all.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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