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What's the appeal behind Wayland? I've been using X for a while now (linux n00b) and I really enjoy having everything like this, there even are a couple apps I

What's the appeal behind Wayland? I've been using X for a while now (linux n00b) and I really enjoy having everything like this, there even are a couple apps I use specifically for X11.

mgbmtl 8y ago
It's not perfect, but personally I appreciate the better security model of Wayland. Although it can be annoying if you have to do screensharing/recording. On my older laptop, it also feels more responsive.
- antongribok 8y ago
  I'm on Wayland via Fedora, and we use Zoom for company video conferencing. About 2 months ago they released a new version that started supporting screen sharing on Wayland. Works perfectly. Edited for grammar and to add this: My point being is that it's slowly but surely getting better and better.
  - martinsb 8y ago
    Which version are you using right now? I have the latest one and it does not allow me to share anything else than a white canvas. Do you launch zoom somehow differently? For me it behaves like a regular XWayland app
    - antongribok 8y ago
      zoom-2.7.162522.0121-1.x86_64 which seems to be their latest. With the previous version I had the same thing, only allowed me to share white canvas. Here's the process hierarchy: \_ gdm-session-worker [pam/gdm-password] \_ /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session gnome-session \_ /usr/libexec/gnome-session-binary \_ /usr/bin/gnome-shell \_ /usr/bin/zoom \_ sh -c export SSB_HOME=/home/me/.zoom; export QSG_INFO=1; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/zoom; /opt/zoom/zoom "" \_ /opt/zoom/zoom Besides installing the new RPM, I haven't done anything differently.
      - martinsb 8y ago
        Sadly I'm not able to test this since I'm not running Fedora and GNOME. I'm using sway. Interestingly enough, Zoom change log does not seem to mention anything related to Wayland support: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/205759689-New-Updates-for-Linux https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/205759689-New-Upda.... Thank you for your comment, will try this in GNOME some time.
fghtr 8y ago
https://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2011/04/linux-security-circus-on-gui-isolation.html https://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2011/04/linux-securi...

What's the appeal behind Wayland? I've been using X for a while now (linux n00b) and I really enjoy having everything like this, there even are a couple apps I use specifically for X11.

mgbmtl 8y ago

It's not perfect, but personally I appreciate the better security model of Wayland. Although it can be annoying if you have to do screensharing/recording. On my older laptop, it also feels more responsive.

antongribok 8y ago
I'm on Wayland via Fedora, and we use Zoom for company video conferencing. About 2 months ago they released a new version that started supporting screen sharing on Wayland. Works perfectly. Edited for grammar and to add this: My point being is that it's slowly but surely getting better and better.
- martinsb 8y ago
  Which version are you using right now? I have the latest one and it does not allow me to share anything else than a white canvas. Do you launch zoom somehow differently? For me it behaves like a regular XWayland app
  - antongribok 8y ago
    zoom-2.7.162522.0121-1.x86_64 which seems to be their latest. With the previous version I had the same thing, only allowed me to share white canvas. Here's the process hierarchy: \_ gdm-session-worker [pam/gdm-password] \_ /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session gnome-session \_ /usr/libexec/gnome-session-binary \_ /usr/bin/gnome-shell \_ /usr/bin/zoom \_ sh -c export SSB_HOME=/home/me/.zoom; export QSG_INFO=1; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/zoom; /opt/zoom/zoom "" \_ /opt/zoom/zoom Besides installing the new RPM, I haven't done anything differently.
    - martinsb 8y ago
      Sadly I'm not able to test this since I'm not running Fedora and GNOME. I'm using sway. Interestingly enough, Zoom change log does not seem to mention anything related to Wayland support: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/205759689-New-Updates-for-Linux https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/205759689-New-Upda.... Thank you for your comment, will try this in GNOME some time.

fghtr 8y ago

https://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2011/04/linux-security-circus-on-gui-isolation.html https://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2011/04/linux-securi...