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According to [0] there have been several releases in the last 10 years. Including one in 2021 that added variable refresh rate and touchpad gesture support. [0
by abaines 3y ago
According to [0] there have been several releases in the last 10 years.
Including one in 2021 that added variable refresh rate and touchpad gesture support.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.Org_Server https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.Org_Server
- robert_foss 3y agoMaintenance work has been done, yes. But not new feature development.
- abaines 3y agoAren't the two examples I mentioned new features?
- robert_foss 3y agoOh sorry. They weren't visible in the edit I replied to.
- gkbrk 3y agoWhat new features are needed to display my windows on my screen?
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- abenga 3y agoAt some point you will have to either start building it for yourself or get someone to build it for you (when distros drop it from their repos). And that will become harder and harder as time goes by. Just recently apps I was building using Tauri stopped working on Xband forced me to switch to the Wayland Gnome session (on Debian testing) permanently. This will become more and more common, until it becomes untenable.
- gkbrk 3y agoI doubt it will be so hard to build. Folks build X servers for Linux, Mac and Windows right now. If anything, X will probably outlive Wayland.
- abenga 3y agoBuilding X is probably going to be trivial going into the future, yeah. Building and running future apps written for the Wayland will be a different beast though.
- gkbrk 3y agoJust like there is XWayland today to make it possible to use a Wayland system with X apps, there are already similar solutions to run Wayland apps on an X system. If you run `cage`, it will run a Wayland application in its own sandboxed window while the rest of the system runs X. Similarly; if you run `sway` under X for example, it will start the window manager in its own window, and you can run Wayland applications inside it.
- vetinari 3y agoOn the output side: Mixed-DPI displays. HDR/wide color gamuts/LUTs/color management. Non-rectangle workspaces, or workspaces with no absolute coordinate systems (think headsets). On the input side: touch gestures recognized as touch gestures, not as mouse emulation. On both: hotplug of all input/output devices. Headless sessions and handover of sessions between console and headless, both directions. Reliable lock screen, even if popup menu is showing ;).
- LoganDark 3y ago> Reliable lock screen, even if popup menu is showing ;) Impossible. I'm told if you're not running xscreensaver it is safe to assume that your screen does not lock!
- dmitrygr 3y ago> Mixed-DPI displays. HDR/wide color gamuts/LUTs/color management. Non-rectangle workspaces, or workspaces with no absolute coordinate systems Pop quiz, how many of those work on wayland?