That’s a perfectly fair criticism as far as the average user is concerned, which is why Plasma and GNOME have both made using Wayland as simple as flipping a switch. You at least seemed to imply that you’re a NixOS user, though. Does that not consist mostly of editing config files?
The default Gnome installation on NixOS uses Wayland. And GDM too - it’s pretty much the same as other distros I’ve used. I’d guess the Plasma install option is also on Wayland.
I do have some issues with screen sharing. It generally works fine in Firefox and Discord. But screen sharing in Slack crashes every time.
I’ve tried Manjaro Sway and it was a lovely experience. I would still be using it, but there was nothing like barrier on Wayland and that’s a deal breaker for me. I’ve tried like four or five different alternatives, but none of them were comparable. So I am back on X11 and i3.
I’m using Wayland and KDE but it wasn’t any more difficult than setting up X11 and KDE. Both required actual configuration (and on my system, either launches from SDDM).
If you’re using a distro that does one by default, then yes it takes some effort to go with a non-default option, but if you’re configuring from the ground up then choosing Wayland doesn’t seem any harder.
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That’s a perfectly fair criticism as far as the average user is concerned, which is why Plasma and GNOME have both made using Wayland as simple as flipping a switch. You at least seemed to imply that you’re a NixOS user, though. Does that not consist mostly of editing config files?
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The default Gnome installation on NixOS uses Wayland. And GDM too - it’s pretty much the same as other distros I’ve used. I’d guess the Plasma install option is also on Wayland.
I do have some issues with screen sharing. It generally works fine in Firefox and Discord. But screen sharing in Slack crashes every time.
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I’ve tried Manjaro Sway and it was a lovely experience. I would still be using it, but there was nothing like barrier on Wayland and that’s a deal breaker for me. I’ve tried like four or five different alternatives, but none of them were comparable. So I am back on X11 and i3.
Is sway any harder to start than, say, i3?
I’m using Wayland and KDE but it wasn’t any more difficult than setting up X11 and KDE. Both required actual configuration (and on my system, either launches from SDDM).
If you’re using a distro that does one by default, then yes it takes some effort to go with a non-default option, but if you’re configuring from the ground up then choosing Wayland doesn’t seem any harder.