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Is GNOME the only desktop environment going forward with wayland at this point? Wayland has been the only way I can enjoy tear-free, config-tweak-free video on
by elagost 6y ago
Is GNOME the only desktop environment going forward with wayland at this point? Wayland has been the only way I can enjoy tear-free, config-tweak-free video on Linux for the past few years, and that leaves me stuck with either GNOME or something like Sway. Mate would be a great middle ground but I don't want to have to mess with compositors again.
- bluGill 6y agoKDE is working on it too. I'm not sure if it is considered ready but there are a number of developers using KDE on Wayland, and have been for years. Getting all the bugs out is hard.
- akvadrako 6y agoIt seems like GNOME, KDE and Sway are the only serious wayland options.
- foobarbecue 6y agoKDE is still pushing ahead with Wayland. I just fixed my screen tearing on x11 Kubuntu yesterday though, it was just one command to enable Optimus synchronization. (I know, that's a config tweak). I haven't tried Kde Wayland.
- boudin 6y agoMate is moving in this direction too via Mir, I have no idea where they are though.
- badsectoracula 6y agoWell, GNOME people came up with it, others - especially the smaller desktops/WMs who do not exactly have RedHat money behind them - didn't really ask for it. In any case, it certainly isn't config-free but it should be an one time thing only and then you should be able to have tear-free video playback on Linux under Xorg just fine. It is really up to your video player to do it though. Personally i do not remember having issues with VLC using either AMD or Nvidia GPUs.
- mixmastamyk 6y agoThe article states that the window manager eliminates tearing. Haven't tested it yet myself.