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What does that exactly mean for Nvidia GPU users?

• trulyrandom 8y ago
  It means that you can't use sway (or any other compositor based on wlroots) with the proprietary nvidia driver. Instead, you should use the nouveau driver.
  • josefx 8y ago
    My experiences with nouveau have been anything but stable. I don't know why people would recommend alpha quality software over alternatives.
• hannasanarion 8y ago
  You have a choice of A: give up the improved performance and features of the proprietary driver to use i3 with wayland, no longer able to take screenshots or use secondary monitors B: continue using i3 with X
  • Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
    You can take screenshots and use secondary monitors on sway, I use four displays at home, including one rotated 90 degrees and one 4K display, to make sure I test each use-case before anything breaks for end-users. The performance of the novueau driver is adequate for most non-gaming workstations.
    • jcelerier 8y ago
      > You can take screenshots can you, with any app that takes screenshots ? e.g. with SimpleScreenRecorder or flameshot ?
      • Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
        No, they will require patches to support Wayland. But we have created portable protocols which will allow you to take screenshots on 10+ Wayland compositors and are on track for standardization. Third-party screenshot clients already exist, like grim: https://wayland.emersion.fr/grim/ https://wayland.emersion.fr/grim/
• xyproto 8y ago
  Use the proprietary nvidia driver and X for gaming or 3D-related work, use Nouveau, Wayland and Sway on your other computers.