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    Is there something you lack in Wayland but have in xorg? (lemmy.world)
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    [–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    It doesn't do everything required for typical use of a modern computer. So no, not fully functional.

    And even where it is functional, it does it in a janky and laughably insecure way.

    Even X devs don't like X and prefer Wayland. Quit fanboying over X lmao

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

    I'm sitting here on a modern computer. It is connected to 2 4K monitors and a 1080p monitor. Everything is scaled perfectly despite the 2 screens being very different DPI. There are applications to perform all the normal bog standard operations from managing files to watching movies not to mention apps for creating applications, making movies, editing photos, making music, playing tens of thousands of games The full range of software that is available for Linux runs under X less a microscopic number of items literally designed to replace pre-existing X software for instance sway to replace i3 or a foot a terminal emulator for wayland.

    X works on stable slower moving distros where wayland presents a more buggy and less feature complete experience because basic functionality requires recently released updates whereas stable distros may be a year or more behind.

    X works well on Nvidia hardware which represents over 80% of discrete cards and is literally the only professional GPU anyone uses for any usage other than just driving displays.

    What "typical uses" do you imagine aren't covered? The problem with wayland proponents is not their enthusiasm its the fact that they lie so much.