Weird because Wayland is enabled by default, if Firefox detects that your system is ready.

  • Lionel C-R@lemmy.coupou.fr
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    Maybe that’s a stupid question (some might say there’s no such thing), but why would I run Wayland?

    It looks like I would have to jump through hoops whereas x11 just works. I’m not being sarcastic or ironical, just genuinely wondering.

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      For me, it’s that everything feels just slightly smoother, applications open somewhat quicker and typing feels more ‘direct’ (less latency).

      Certainly nothing revolutionary for now, so if you actually have to jump through many hoops, I wouldn’t bother.
      My distro pre-installs a Wayland session for my DE, so to switch, I just have to log out, select the other session and log back in.

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        Yeah easy switching back and forth makes the transition smooth. I use Wayland as my 99% of the time, but if I happen to run into problems I can just logout and start X.

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      3 years ago

      Thanks for those answers.

      I use I3wm and don’t play games on my gnu/linux computers so for now I think I’ll stick with it but it seems sway would be the way to go for me if I was ready.