[_jackdk_]

The problem is that Wayland just isn't a compelling alternative for many people, so they don't move. For me, I see no benefit because I got used to avoiding HiDPI and don't have a mixed-DPI workspace. For some bizarre reason they made each compositor implement input-handling separately, so for example artists might have to switch compositor just to use their tablet of choice. And worse yet, some people with input accessibility needs are just going to get straight up locked out of libre computing. See https://nocoffei.com/?p=451 for one example.

[adrian_b]

I have used only HiDPI monitors with X11 on Linux for about a dozen years and it has always worked perfectly.

However I use XFCE, where you can set directly the DPI values of the monitors, so that everything will work fine. I have heard Gnome users complaining about problems with HiDPI, but those are not caused by X11, but by a bad Gnome UI for desktop settings.

So HiDPI is not something at which Wayland is better than X11 and there is no reason to avoid HiDPI. At a higher DPI, OTF/TTF typefaces are rendered much more beautifully and reading becomes more comfortable.

I do not know if Wayland has any advantage at mixed DPI, because I have rarely used such configurations.

[mike_hock]

> I like my cozy Plasma DE [...] clean, all free of ads and bad UI redesigns and AI injected into every corner.

Plasma itself is an example of bad UI redesign (but a far cry from Gnome).

[nosioptar]

Yeah, new plasma looks like a dollar store knockoff of windows 11.