# Xorg server

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Xorg server and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as the best and often only option for many common Linux desktop needs. Critics say its security is poor and that it is no longer actively developed.

## Why people recommend it

- Best solution for common user needs (1 comments): "still the best (and often only) solution for a lot of common user needs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49378509))
- Should not be neglected or abandoned (2 comments): "I wonder how much money would be needed to make the xorg server adapt to the modern era" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46381601)) "xorg should not be neglected for ideological reasons" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49377332))

## What people warn about

- Described as unmaintained and deprecated (2 comments): "Xorg, the server, no longer maintained." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46282018)) "It basically is a deprecated project." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49378462))
- Broken code and server design problems (2 comments): "most of the case people dont have issues because of the x11 (the protocol), but because of how the xorg server works" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46385631)) "they did not like broken code: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/issues/1760" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46791295))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Wayland](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wayland.md): 272 recommend
- [X11 (X.Org)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/x11.md): 140 recommend
- [Xorg](https://hackerapproved.com/p/xorg.md): 40 recommend
- [XLibre](https://hackerapproved.com/p/xlibre.md): 31 recommend
- [X Window System](https://hackerapproved.com/p/x-window-system.md): 27 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Xorg server", https://hackerapproved.com/p/xorg-server/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).