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X11 vs Wayland (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 hours ago by pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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What's the difference for a real user between using X11 or Wayland nowdays? I haven't found anything useful on the internet, so I'm asking you. Internet articles on the topic (and about WMs too) seem to be advertising slop since they explain anything but the real things. Also, if anyone used the XLibre fork, I would love to hear about your experience with it.

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[–] edinbruh@feddit.it 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I'd like to chime in on the "average hardware" claim.

The idea that Wayland is more demanding to run than X11 is a misconception.

Mutter (Gnome's compositor) and kwin (KDE's compositor) are more demanding than xorg plus a simple window manager. Usually that's what people used to compare when they said that Wayland is demanding, and now they just keep repeating it.

In actuality, the Wayland protocol is more efficient by nature. So a light Wayland compositor (e.g. labwc) will run better on limited hardware, than a light X11 window manager.

Tho, Wayland requires proper EGL support, which you might not have on some old exotic hardware (e.g. a Tegra 2/3/4 tablet).

The example I usually make is:

Dig up an old intel atom netbook (it's old and
Try using regular lxqt on x11
Now try lxqt on labwc
See which one you'd rather use