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minus-squaredegen@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI like it, but now I’m a little sad that I just switched to Wayland
minus-squaredegen@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI thought you were dissing Wayland at first but I searched for good measure. It looks pretty sleek too!
minus-squaredegen@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNot since it depends on X. I don’t use xwayland but I’m guessing that could work, just with more overhead.
minus-squaredegen@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI haven’t really looked at the details, but there might actually not be much overhead from the protocol itself. It does amount to running an X server beside Wayland though, I believe.
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I like it, but now I’m a little sad that I just switched to Wayland
You can try eww
I thought you were dissing Wayland at first but I searched for good measure. It looks pretty sleek too!
huh, does this not work on wayland
Not since it depends on X. I don’t use xwayland but I’m guessing that could work, just with more overhead.
why more overhead?
I haven’t really looked at the details, but there might actually not be much overhead from the protocol itself. It does amount to running an X server beside Wayland though, I believe.