Pirate [none/use name] to libre • 3 years agoUbuntu 21.04 is Releasing This Week! Take a Look at the New Features - Wayland is the defaultexternal-linkmessage-square9 fedilinkarrow-up126
arrow-up126external-linkUbuntu 21.04 is Releasing This Week! Take a Look at the New Features - Wayland is the defaultPirate [none/use name] to libre • 3 years agomessage-square9 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareRussianEngineer [she/her]hexbear13·edit-23 years agoI hope this will help in pushing Wayland to the mainstream, Ubuntu frequently is the trendsetter for linux desktop as a whole. nVidia being lazy about developing Wayland support is one of the few things holding it back link
minus-squarethisismyrealname [he/him]hexbear5·3 years agoi want to use wayland but no one's written an exwm equivalent for it yet :( maybe i'll finally get good at programming when i'm done with school and do it myself link
minus-squarespace_comrade [he/him]hexbear3·3 years agoDoes that mean it doesn't work at all with the proprietary driver? link
minus-squareWindows97 [any, any]hexbear5·3 years agoNo they actually did some work in recent drivers to make wayland work decent now, this will further incentivize optimization and support. link
minus-squaresynesthesia [they/them]hexbear1·3 years agoDon't know about the state of EGLStreams in major DEs, but wlroots maintainers don't seem to like it that much. link
I hope this will help in pushing Wayland to the mainstream, Ubuntu frequently is the trendsetter for linux desktop as a whole. nVidia being lazy about developing Wayland support is one of the few things holding it back
i want to use wayland but no one's written an exwm equivalent for it yet :(
maybe i'll finally get good at programming when i'm done with school and do it myself
Does that mean it doesn't work at all with the proprietary driver?
No they actually did some work in recent drivers to make wayland work decent now, this will further incentivize optimization and support.
Don't know about the state of EGLStreams in major DEs, but wlroots maintainers don't seem to like it that much.