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by craftinator 1651 days ago
> and for what benefit? Some smoother graphics? I am on Linux, that is the least important thing.

This really sums up this side of the argument for me (though it doesn't address the security features of Wayland). If I want to watch an ultra high definition movie, or play a game, rebooting to windows is a miniscule price. Almost all of my work is done on Linux, and I value it because everything can be made to work, usually with little effort. Wayland adds some severe overhead to that work.
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GhettoComputers 1651 days ago
https://old.reddit.com/r/VFIO/comments/n3mjj3/native_vs_vm_b... you can also do this. If you want to use wayland without issues GNOME works well if you wanna login to another session, VFIO will give you full windows game support (Win VM will use the GPU in windows driver mode).

For anyone who wants a functional desktop on any DE, x.org is the best, and cannot be replaced currently by wayland in features or software compatibility.

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1_player 1651 days ago
> If I want to watch an ultra high definition movie, or play a game, rebooting to windows is a miniscule price.

So you're saying let's not improve the Linux desktop because one can just reboot into Windows to do desktop things? What even is that argument?

I want to have a nice desktop on Linux, thank you very much.

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GhettoComputers 1651 days ago
From the thread, wayland isn't an improvement for most users. The thread says problems are made worst by wayland.
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