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What Is Wayland on Linux, and How Is It Different From X? (www.howtogeek.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (15 children)

Tldr: No need to switch yet.

I admire the endurance of the wayland devs though.

Edit: added tldr

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

If you're using KDE, the improvement will be amazing.

Would never switch back

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I do. What's the difference?

[–] meisme 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is so much smoother in literally everything, even on insanely powerful hardware.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Smoother? Can you give a specific example?

[–] meisme 1 points 2 years ago

Try dragging windows on x, then try on wayland. It's a very clear difference.

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