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Source: https://linux-hardware.org/?view=os_display_server

Reporting is done by users who voluntarily upload their system specs via
# hw-probe -all -upload

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Voluntarily uploaded data? This feels like that old linux user count site.

I will run that probe on my machines to contribute, though.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Is this because of me?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Finally, it's the year of the other desktop!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Crazyy!

Btw I am XWayland free since today!

I have a list of recommended apps here

Some apps need environment variables:

Qt:

  • qpwgraph

GTK

  • GPU Screen recorder, I guess

Electron

  • Nextcloud Flatpak
  • MullvadVPN RPM
  • Signal Flatpak
  • (Element, I switched to the Webapp in Librewolf)
  • Freetube Flatpak

You can use xlsclients -l to detect apps using XWayland.

Some may even want to run apps through XWayland on purpose, like KeepassXC for Clipboard access or autotype. Lets see how long it takes to implement all the needed protocols.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Let me know when wine finally gets ported to Wayland!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

True, if I use bottles Flatpak as a GTK wayland app, the actual apps still use XWayland.

Not using any Wine apps though.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

/circlejerk

flatpak bad lmao

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Flatpak saved my ass when I super broke my Arch upgrade but didn't have time to fix it before work. I ran using only Flatpak apps for like 6 weeks because they were the only thing that worked

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Funny. True, on superstable but also super unstable systems, having separated apps makes most sense.

Not actually on "immutable" rpm-ostree systems, as these have the best and most solid package management.

So actually when people say "these immutable systems, you just use Flatpaks", actually on the regular systems you should mainly use Flatpaks.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Waiting for explicit sync support from nvidia but even then, I doubt I'll switch until I can enable tearing. I'm sensitive to input latency and playing on wayland feels like my aim is floating

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@KISSmyOSFeddit
Hw-probe is a nice project. To buy my laptop I created an usb bootable linux that auto connectet my mobile hotspot and uploaded the report.
I went to som shops and usbbooted their devices.
Most shops had no problem with that.
So I found a working convertable laptop. 👍

What's sad ont this linux-hardware.org website is the poor desin of this homepage.
It is really not usable, except for your own device. But also there its difficult to analyse for certain hardware details.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I'm quite surprised they actually allowed to stick unknown USB into computer they will be selling to their customers 😮

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