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What are some things X11 can do that Wayland still can't? (piefed.zip)

submitted 2 days ago by mrbigmouth502@piefed.zip to c/linux@programming.dev

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The biggest thing I can think of is that X11 is more flexible when it comes to specifying custom resolutions; which some people use to output 240p on CRT TVs for emulation. AFAIK, there is currently no real equivalent for xrandr on any Wayland compositor.

I've also noticed that Grsync's password prompt is broken on Wayland. Thankfully, it has a feature that lets you preview the command it's about to run, so that you can copy and paste it into a terminal.

Being a KDE user on EndeavourOS, I use Wayland everyday. I switched over a few years ago for Waydroid, but now X11 isn't even an option for me with the current release of KDE.

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[–] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Not if you want to use KDE on Arch or derivatives.

SonicDE is in the AUR. For people who want continued X11 support for KDE, it looks like this is the project to follow (and vote on in the AUR to promote it to the main packages repos).

[–] mrbigmouth502@piefed.zip 1 points 11 hours ago

While I don't plan on going back to X11 anytime soon on my main system, I think I'll vote for this anyway. People have valid reasons for continuing to use X11, and I'm sick of KDE's "father knows best" attitude.