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Wayland is a piece of the linux desktop software stack. If you're on a Mac or Windows, it won't mean anything to you. Linux historically has used X11 for drawin
by yobert 3y ago
Wayland is a piece of the linux desktop software stack. If you're on a Mac or Windows, it won't mean anything to you. Linux historically has used X11 for drawing the desktop. Wayland is a replacement for X11. It's big news because it's been a long time coming, and fixes a lot of longstanding issues. Unfortunately it also creates some new issues (screen sharing, hot key apps, etc), but they're being actively worked on and are very close to being completely solved.
- debugnik 3y ago> it also creates some new issues (screen sharing, hot key apps, etc), but they're being actively worked on and are very close to being completely solved. I swear I've been reading this for a decade.
- vetinari 3y agoScreen sharing has been solved for years. Just some apps didn't bother with updating.
- kiwijamo 3y agoTo offer the opposite viewpoint, I swear I've been reading for decades that X11 would fix old issues. My last experience of X11 (less than a decade ago) had me using vi to edit a configuration file to add a line of text to enable some sort of magical feature to stop screen tearing. I've been using BSD/Linux since the late '90's and this issue has persisted for over 25 years. Wayland meanwhile actually has 99.9% of what you need working today not 25 years from now. There's some bits and pieces already progressing well and likely to be fixed in the next few weeks/months/years and not 25 years in the future. Very different situation to X11, IMHO.
- jakjak123 3y agoAt least screen sharing has been solved. We are mainly waiting for apps that use sharing to implement the Wayland compatible to get access to screen recording.