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Does any GNOME user here use X11? On my computer I have been exclusively using Wayland for 3 years. It's great.
Slightly concerned about remote desktopping though. What do I replace xrdp with?
KDE user here, I still use X11 to play old Minecraft versions. LWJGL2 uses xrandr to read (and sometimes modify? wtf) display configurations on Linux, and the last few times I've tried it on Wayland it kept screwing the whole desktop up.