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  • Mnglw@beehaw.org
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    10 months ago

    sighh, that sucks

    does this go for pretty much all programs, like say an email client too? or is there a limit to this?

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      10 months ago

      Only those that must interact with non-standard Wayland protocols, such as screen capture tools (like OBS), clipboard managers, WM utilities like xdotool… Other programs such as email clients or text editors are unaffected.

      However, this is a non-issue as far as most users are concerned. There are only a handful of implementations (basically, GNOME, KDE, and wlroots which is used by most Wayland WMs) and most modern programs which require specific support to work are all compatible.

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        10 months ago

        still frustrating as all hell, these programs just worked on x11

        also Synergy/Barrier/etc dont work yet and would need “non standard” protocols. Pretty critical for me

        I am an enduser and I just expect things to work, but one of the most critical things of my setup wont

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            10 months ago

            I will be forced to, but x11 is no longer being developed, so its not very secure to do so

            additionally, Wayland is going to be default on kde, and Im not sure if that means that it’ll be default for me too if I update

            not to mention that with it default on KDE, I’ll be running into more and more bugs that just, will not be fixed, because “use Wayland” will be the new response to bug reports (GNOME actively does this with a critical GTK4/libadwaita bug)

            the point is, Wayland is being rushed and was never ready for default

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              10 months ago

              x11 is no longer being developed

              Says who?

              additionally, Wayland is going to be default on kde, and Im not sure if that means that it’ll be default for me too if I update

              So when it’s the default, you just pick X11 from the drop-down, like I do for Wayland today.

              not to mention that with it default on KDE, I’ll be running into more and more bugs that just, will not be fixed, because “use Wayland” will be the new response

              Speculation. Gnome devs are notoriously stubborn, I don’t see that being true for KDE.

              the point is, Wayland is being rushed and was never ready for default

              15 years is not a rush, and for most people it’s ready. Making it the default will serve as a push to get developers to make their applications support it.