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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I get screen tearing when gaming on x11 so i use wayland and I only switch to x11 if i need to screenshare on discord.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

https://flathub.org/apps/de.shorsh.discord-screenaudio

I use this. Allows screensharing with audio over Wayland on discord.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Hasn't really worked reliably for me tbh

[–] [email protected] -4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Games again. Don’t you people have jobs?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Actually, no. Is that a problem for you?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

When you're gaming crap (in this case, Wayland) starts poorly replacing things I use for work, then yes!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

When you're work crap (in this case, X11) starts poorly replacing things I use for gaming, then yes!

FTFY.

What the hell kind of gatekeeping is this anyway?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fix your wayland piece of shit or get it the fuck out of linux. Gatekeeping my ass. It does not FULLY replace X11 functionality, and they have no intent to fix that. Why go backwards and break what works for our daily jobs? It fucking moronic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It does not FULLY replace X11 functionality, and they have no intent to fix that.

No kidding. That's the entire mission statement of Wayland.

Why go backwards and break what works for our daily jobs?

Nothing is stopping you from using X11 outside of company policy, which is an entirely different problem.

It fucking moronic.

No it's not.

I'm a longtime user of X11 and vastly prefer it for what I do, but I'm not going to force the opinion of my preference on others with different use case requirements.

C'mon, the *nix world is big enough for choice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No kidding. That’s the entire mission statement of Wayland. Which is WRONG

Nothing is stopping you from using X11 outside of company policy, which is an entirely different problem. Not true. As things get made to be Wayland only, X11 is getting pushed out.

C’mon, the *nix world is big enough for choice. No, it isn't. Wayland is a toy for people who play. X11 is a tool for people who work.

Won't be long now before your your favorite DE's will only be available on Wayland, and be missing features because of it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

No, it isn't. Wayland is a toy for people who play. X11 is a tool for people who work.

The concept of work is relative. See below.

Won't be long now before your your favorite DE's will only be available on Wayland, and be missing features because of it.

That doesn't concern me at all personally—and if I wore your temperament on my sleeve, DEs should get the fuck away from X11 altogether.

My use case requirements have never involved DEs, and if I ever want to flirt with that kind of casual experience it may as well be with new boobs like Wayland.

I could huff "get off my lawn" just as hard as any other, but why? Let people choose whatever they want.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

@PseudoSpock @shadearg can you provide real world example of X11 being pushed out ? Like a soft actually supporting it then dropping the support in favor of wayland ? I am curious

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I'm not aware of any software phasing out X11 support in favor of Wayland.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sway is coming for i3 for example.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

@PseudoSpock but it is a completely different project, it is only i3 compatible as it could have been dwm compatible without being dwm.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

It's intent is to replace it.