I don’t see a real „versus“ here. Wayland will definitely become the standard display server for Linux distributions. This is not sysV init vs systemd or something else. As pointed out by lots of ppl here X11 is old and insecure because it is from another time and does not fit into modern systems and requirements, thus it is way easier to start new and fresh instead of working around for any feature needed and maintain such a old code base. The only downside for me personally is that Wayland does not support always on top windows automatically. So either right click the window or use plugins for videos from Firefox for example. AFAIK this is also for security reasons. I run Wayland on my main machine for years now, no problems at all. If I got the choice I would always go for Wayland. Even Cinnamon has experimental Wayland support now and hopefully will make the switch soon.
Wayland is cringe and X is based
t. KDE Wayland daily driver
Okay ELI5
X11 is a win doing system. It is old and has been around for years.
Wayland is a new one.
They both are the core that a gui sits on.
Wayland has some great new stuff but some people don’t like change
which one is lighter/faster on old laptops?
I've recently switched to Nobara, and has been unsure whether to go with Wayland or X11. Mostly because I've read that Wayland has issues on NVIDIA GPUs and will perform slower, so I went with X11 (On KDE). Is that still the case nowadays, or can I just use Wayland?
I am on arch and use both KDE+Wayland/X11 on my 3060ti and for me wayland still has lots of visual glitches, some programs flicker, sometimes the plasma bar is frozen, etc., etc.. Gaming is hit or miss. But I can say, the things that do work are a lot smoother than on X11.
Dude come on. Make an effort. If you really haven't a clue then start by reading the KDE developer's blog "Pointiest Stick" and github user Probonopd and his article + links https://gist.github.com/probonopd/9feb7c20257af5dd915e3a9f2d1f2277
Costs very very little energy to just keep on scrolling buddy pal
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