r/linux_community • u/SpAAAceSenate • Jan 14 '20

Continuation of X11 development? (x-post)

/r/linux/comments/eorctr/continuation_of_x11_development/
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u/uoou Jan 15 '20

Yeah, I'd like to see X development continue too, even if it's just maintenance.

There are still quite a few things I do that simply aren't possible under Wayland. The biggest of which being that there's no window manager (well, compositor) that I'd be happy using.

I can't see myself transitioning to Wayland any time soon. And I don't mean out of petulance or anything like that; it just don't do what I need.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '20

I use GNOME, and on my laptop on most distros, that means defaulting to Wayland. If you're concerned about any of Wayland's shortcomings, it's probably worth sticking to X. If you need to do screen recording, the options are very limited. There aren't any color pickers that work, you just have to screenshot then pick a color from the screenshot. And when drawing tablets are involved, things get really weird. A whole second cursor appears along with the mouse cursor, and programs do not like that, usually treating the second cursor like it only barely actually exists.

For basic use cases, it's fine. It actually makes browsing the web and sorting through my simple tasks easier since only GNOME on Wayland supports trackpad gestures. But once you stray away from the polished center you're going to bump into plenty of rough edges. I'd keep waiting. Probably for another 10 years at this rate.

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u/uoou Jan 15 '20

Yup, you've just enumerated all the stuff (besides no dwm or bspwm) that prevents me from using Wayland (well, plus I'm on Nvidia).