• @[email protected]
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    298 days ago

    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?

    • @[email protected]
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      Yeah because they dropped the vnc sever for the Wayland session and our workflow at work still uses vnc

    • @[email protected]
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      398 days ago

      I have RSI, and I use talon voice to control my computer.

      Because Wayland doesn’t, and probably won’t support accessibility software like talon voice, in time, as x11 is shut down, I’ll have to move to Mac or Windows. I’m devastated.

      Talon voice is what allows me to continue working.

      I’m literally going to have to move back to the dark side in time, due to the end of X11, and Wayland’s lack of support for accessibility.

      • IAmTheKernelError
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        158 days ago

        Sorry to hear this; why are so many voice-control tools for Linux so dependent on X11? Is there any glimmer of hope that an alternate Wayland-compatible tool is going to come along in the next few years?

        • @[email protected]
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          138 days ago

          The Wayland security model is far more restrictive. Accessibility tools need to screen capture, create input events on your behalf, etc. Such things aren’t possible under Wayland (yet?).

          • Lojcs
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            98 days ago

            Pretty sure both have been available through portals for at least a year

      • @[email protected]
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        108 days ago

        This is the one gigantic, glaring problem with Wayland. “The most secure software is the software you can’t use” is not a philosophy I support. Accessibility should always be a first class citizen for mission critical components like window managers.

      • Eugenia
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        38 days ago

        Use Talon with Cinnamon and Linux Mint, which still uses X11.

        • @[email protected]
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          37 days ago

          I’ll do what I can. However, x11 will definitely die in the upcoming years. Development is apparently only maintenance now and basic improvements. The writing is on the wall, as Wayland just doesn’t support what the accessibility tools require.

      • @[email protected]
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        37 days ago

        It says “X11 disabled by default”, does that imply you can enable it again?

        In any case I wish you the best

    • SpongeBorgCubePants
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      I do due to an annoying bug that only pops up when using Wayland, forces me to relogin and thus lose my current session.

      Haven’t tested for a while though, maybe it’s fixed already.

      • @[email protected]
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        28 days ago

        Keep coming back to Wayland. I’ve been using Linux as my main desktop OS since 2022, and at first, I encountered many issues with Wayland (KDE). However, I kept coming back and testing Wayland as the bugs were fixed. Now, Wayland is great! It feels like a true modern operating system — much better than Windows.

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      58 days ago

      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.

    • Brickfrog
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      48 days ago

      Slightly concerned about remote desktopping though. What do I replace xrdp with?

      Xrdp works on Wayland, you can keep using it if you like. There’s also Gnome’s built-in Gnome Remote Desktop as well as KDE’s Krdp, both are also Wayland compatible (though I get the feeling Krdp is still in its early stages).

    • Mwa
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      28 days ago

      The only thing I want from x11 is a proper wayland autoclicker with working global bindings,Yes I can use xclicker but no global bindings.

    • @[email protected]
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      18 days ago

      Yeah, it’s default on pop os. Cannot remember if I tried Wayland, just going with the flow and it works for now

      • @[email protected]
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        27 days ago

        One of the ironies with System76 is that they are taking so long to release their Wayland-only desktop that they are becoming one of the last bastions of Xorg.

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      18 days ago

      I have been running gnome-shell with the --no-x11 flag for quite some time now and haven’t been missing anything.

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      I do, its a bit more stable with nvidia still, i sometimes get black screens randomly wit wayland

  • @[email protected]
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    78 days ago

    I want one thing (besides a11y which is really number one): the save dialogue should be sane. E.g. let me create a new subfolder with Ctrl shift n…

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        17 days ago

        No you can not do that, with a Keyboard shortcut (ctrl shift n ). You need to clickitty clickitty with a mouse.

          • @[email protected]
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            27 days ago

            1: Open files. You can now use ctrl shift n to make a new folder.

            2: Open an application. Click save as… “files” opens. Now you can not use ctrl shift n. I just tested it again. I am also on gnome 48. This is an old an known limitation.

  • @[email protected]
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    28 days ago

    I used Ubuntu 24.10. on new Ubuntu certified Intel Thinkpad and exeperienced system hangs every few weeks. The only solution was to reboot. Frustrating to say the least. On that system also webcam didn’t work so maybe it was kernel fault somehow but still very disappointing given the “certified” status.