Bare minimum to run Wayland Apps (piefed.social)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by vogi@piefed.social to c/linux@programming.dev

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Hello, I am currently building an arcade machine which is intended to run indie games built natively for Linux.

For that I want to use the wayland protocol because it feels like the most sensible option I have nowadays.

Currently I am using sway as I am already using it as my daily wm and it can be configured very easily into a kiosk mode. Everything works perfect and I have no problems what so ever!

Which is why I want to ask if there is a even more bare minimum setup to run Wayland apps?

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[-] nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 13 points 1 month ago

Never done this myself, but I believe gamescope should be able to do that? It should be able to run as the primary Wayland compositor and with the right flag you can expose Wayland to the client.

[-] vogi@piefed.social 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Gamescope is a microcompositor from Valve that is used on the Steam Deck. Its goal is to provide an isolated compositor that is tailored towards gaming and supports many gaming-centric features ...

Whoa! That does sound like exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much, ill give it a try tomorrow!

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