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X11 vs Wayland (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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What's the difference for a real user between using X11 or Wayland nowdays? I haven't found anything useful on the internet, so I'm asking you. Internet articles on the topic (and about WMs too) seem to be advertising slop since they explain anything but the real things. Also, if anyone used the XLibre fork, I would love to hear about your experience with it.

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[–] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

I still struggle with running GUI programs as root, and cutting & pasting between windows in Wayland. Those are the big things holding me back from switching completely.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 4 months ago (5 children)

    So you literally can not copy+paste something between different apps?

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I think they're saying that it happens when you run one app as root, then you can't copy-paste to other apps. It's not a problem when running graphical apps as your normal user account.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    I actually meant those as two separate issues. I guess I needed a comma.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    I can't copy & paste between the password manager and other apps, so I have to type out all these long, randomly-generated passwords, and often there's not an option to see what characters I'm typing, so I don't know I made a typo until the very end.

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