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g-virus Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 26 Aug 2017 Posts: 112
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Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2024 12:39 pm Post subject: Switching to modern Wayland, is it worth? |
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Hey folks
I remember I had a discussion about migrating to Wayland a time ago, but things could be changed since, so I'm wondering if it's worth to switch to Wayland nowadays with the following preferences:
1. I'm going to use NVIDIA graphics card
2. I'm gonna use Sway or similar tiling window manager, no pure KDE/Gnome DE
3. I'm using no-multilib gentoo profile
4. I'd like to avoid X-only apps and keep the system minimal, but still usable as a daily computer
I have a laptop with Intel-only graphics and I use Arch on it with configured Sway/Waybar and other things, looks very usable, but there is no NVIDIA card/G-Sync.
So the question is: can I use Wayland-only environment with no-multilib gentoo profile, as well as with the NVIDIA card, and would you recommend to switch to Wayland to use a technology, that will potentially replace Xorg soon? _________________ "A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless when you open windows" - Linus Torvalds. |
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Zucca Moderator
Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 3813 Location: Rasi, Finland
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Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2024 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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There has been a lot of discussion about this.
I'd say try it out, if it doesn't work then revert back.
I, myself, have been using wayland (first sway then wayfire) for some years already. Your mileage may wary. _________________ ..: Zucca :..
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Anon-E-moose Watchman
Joined: 23 May 2008 Posts: 6185 Location: Dallas area
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Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2024 11:49 pm Post subject: Re: Switching to modern Wayland, is it worth? |
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g-virus wrote: | So the question is: can I use Wayland-only environment with no-multilib gentoo profile, as well as with the NVIDIA card, and would you recommend to switch to Wayland to use a technology, that will potentially replace Xorg soon? |
And the answer is "it depends"
no multilib is fine
same with sway and wayland
you don't need X unless you're wanting to run X apps by way of Xwayland
Nvidia, that depends on which card and drivers you have.
I've been running straight wayland for a few years now, without X (not even libs) on a non multilib system, though I'm an amdgpu user. _________________ UM780, 6.12 zen kernel, gcc 13, openrc, wayland |
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