I recently read all of the Discworld novels in release order (really glad I chose release instead of some other order) and I think the first couple of books are by far my least favorite. Still good books, but they get much better.
People like x11 because Nvidia hasn't fucked up support for it, and people like Wayland because it is the newer protocol that everything is gonna move to.
Michael Scott declaring bankruptcy, but he's saying no war instead.