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X11 vs Wayland (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 23 hours ago by pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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What's the difference for a real user between using X11 or Wayland nowdays? I haven't found anything useful on the internet, so I'm asking you. Internet articles on the topic (and about WMs too) seem to be advertising slop since they explain anything but the real things. Also, if anyone used the XLibre fork, I would love to hear about your experience with it.

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[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I thought I’d never have to care about X11 or Wayland if I was a typical user. I thought it was just a debate for really passionate Linux user.

I turned out to be false since the reason I had bad playback on my HTPC, was the fact that Wayland was preventing the refresh rate of my TV to be adjusted to the content.

Switching to a distro using X11 solved the issue and apparently Wayland doesn’t plan on changing anything about this issue.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 5 points 20 hours ago

Wayland doesn’t plan on changing anything about this issue.

This seems to be a common pattern with the Wayland team. They seem very focused on some technical ideology for how "things should work" to the point of ignoring or dismissing real-world issues.

Perhaps in another 20 years they'll get around to addressing it.