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When Wayland? (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 17 hours ago by plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org to c/linuxmint@lemmy.ml
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I've been keeping an eye on the github and the board and it doesn't seem to be moving that much. We're nearly halfway through 2025 and I thought the plan was for Wayland to be supported on cinnamon early 2026.

Wondered if anyone had any more insight into progress/blockers/delays

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[–] plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Genuine question: wayland gives you headaches? On x11 my app windows move like my screen is at 30hz even when it is as 120hz, which i find a bit unpleasant. A colleague using the same laptop model (running arch, he wants you to know) with gnome and wayland has buttery smooth window movement and I am jealous.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It gives me headaches because X applications I need don't work and there are no good Wayland alternatives, is what I meant.

[–] vermaterc@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't that what Xwayland was created for? What sort of applications are these?

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 hours ago

There are things that fundamentally don't work in Wayland by design. One of them is injecting synthetic events into other applications, and at least 2 of the applications I use all the time need it (password manager-like apps that "type" secure codes into arbitrary text fields).