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AndreasDavour
AndreasDavour @AndreasDavour@dice.camp · 6d ago
My latest adventures with #wayland is not pleasant. Today mplayer just fucked my whole system. It tried to load a video file, the terminal becomes unresposive and then the screen becomes black. Now kwin_wayland runs at many hundred percent and when logging in from another system there's no trace of a mplayer process. Great.
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Pekka Paalanen @pq@floss.social · Jul 31, 2026
I have been working for @collabora@floss.social for 15 years now. They suggested that I should look into this new idea called #Wayland when I was being interviewed (in IRC!) for the contractor position. That is how I got to where I am today, and mental health permitting I am in a very happy place. Just wanted to brag about the 15 years. 😋
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linuxteck
LinuxTeck @linuxteck@mastodon.social · Aug 06, 2026
Learn Hyprland the Easy Way https://www.linuxteck.com/learn-hyprland-the-easy-way/ Want to start using Hyprland but don't know where to begin? This practical guide walks through installation, configuration, keybindings, Lua support, and screen sharing so you can build your first productive Wayland desktop with confidence. #linuxteck #Hyprland #Wayland #Linux #OpenSource #ArchLinux #Ubuntu
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RomanOnARiver
Rivermonster @RomanOnARiver@mastodon.social · Aug 03, 2026
Reading https://www.spurint.org/journal/2026/07/llms-and-xfwl4 where an #xfce dev admits to AI slop vibecoding what may be significant parts of the #Wayland port. This is a really bad precedent to set, this should not be allowed. I'm hoping this trend doesn't continue, but it will definitely lead to actionable responses if it does. #gnu #linux
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drajt
Adam Trickett :debian: :kde: @drajt@fosstodon.org · Jul 31, 2026
Replying to @dreamos82@mastodon.world
@dreamos82@mastodon.world what don't you like about Wayland? I've been running it on all but one system and it's as good or bad as xorg in my experience. One system wont run KDE over Wayland - which bugs me. I've had issues with both, but can't say one is drastically better than the other at the moment. #Debian #kde #XOrg #Wayland
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realestninja
Nikhil 🐧 @realestninja@social.linux.pizza · Jul 30, 2026
Two Normies (non-tech folks "what is Linux?") standing next to my desk at the office "HIS LOCKSCREEN IS INSANE I've NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT" Me "its just blurred when locked..." normies "NO I MEAN WHEN YOU TYPE YOUR PASSWORD WTF IS THAT" Me "???" Normies "THAT THING THAT REACTS AND SPINS" Me "??? what are you talking about? 😅" I type my password to unlock the system. Swaylock does swaylock things. Normies "O M G THAT IS SO COOL!!!" LMAO of all the things on linux, default animation setting of swaylock on manjaro-sway, seems to be what blows normie-folks minds 😂 #Wayland #sway #swaylock #linux
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dreamos82
Ivan G. @dreamos82@mastodon.world · Jul 29, 2026
Since I still don ´t like #wayland (everytime I decide to use something is not working), and my favourite DE has decided support for #xorg I fully switched to #sonicde a #kde desktop environment that will be focused on supporting xorg!
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osnews
OSNews @osnews@mstdn.social · Jul 29, 2026
State of multi-player Wayland I’ve been fascinated by the idea of attaching multiple mice to one computer, and then having multiple mouse cursors inside of one desktop environment! I just spent three weeks investigating how well that’s currently supported on Linux & Wayland. Let me tell you what I found! The results are surprisingly cool. ↫ blinry It shouldn't come as a surprise, though, that a lot o https://www.osnews.com/story/145621/state-of-multi-player-wayland/ #Wayland
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AndreasDavour
AndreasDavour @AndreasDavour@dice.camp · Jul 28, 2026
*sigh* so the day has come when Wyland was forced upon me, and after an update I rebooted and now Plasma complains about some iBus settings I had to google for a solution for. Also, my dmesg output is now filled with kernel call traces and what looks like some kind of obscure warning about dire straits. Are there any hints why? Are there any useful messages about what to do about it? No, of course not. How long have people been hacking on that crap? #linux #OldManShakesFistAtClouds #wayland
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rigo
Rigo Wenning @rigo@mamot.fr · Jul 28, 2026
tried #wayland again in my new setup. Sorry folks, you're a decade behind X11. Where is the promised better tearing etc when the font changes color while scrolling? I hope that there will be support for X11 for a while. I would change the linux distro to keep it.
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janantos
Jan Antoš @janantos@f.cz · Jul 28, 2026
How much I have understanding for #linux needs for #xserver replacement with #wayland it is far away from being done and I feel sometimes it is step back to 90s in terms of functionality. To get it working in headless container setup with vnc is more like engineering feast than easy job done. Not mentioning we don’t have alternative for #xrdp. How much someone might hate Microsoft, RDP protocol is superior to anything else. With this we have ditched in wayland setups, sound, remote printers, local drives, etc. I just want to cry 😢
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Palace4Software
Palace4Software @Palace4Software@mastodon.online · Jul 27, 2026

To all GNU/Linux users: Are you still using #X11, or have you or your desktop environment already switched to #Wayland ? Please boost 🥺🙏 #linux #gnu #freesoftware #desktop #desktopenvironment #windowmanager #floss #libresoftware #gnome #kde #xfce #cinnamon

Wayland
77.7% (115)
X11
20.3% (30)
other (pls specify)
2.0% (3)
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AthanSpod
Athanasius @AthanSpod@social.linux.pizza · Jul 26, 2026
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@whack/116983168997530856 Oh my, I didn't realise the state of develop-for-Wayland was this bad. As a sometimes hobbyist developer I can feel the pain. It really does feel like one of the Linux non-profits could usefully somehow "take ownership" of the protocol level to at least standardise on one way to do things like virtual keyboard input. You'd think at least Gnome and KDE could have saved both their selves some time by co-operating on these things. I'll continue with Xorg-based X11 until there's good reason not to. Yes, I know about recent security issues, lack of maintainer-ship, and the shit show that has been the forks/alternatives... ... but my current X11+fvwm3 setup *works for me*. #wayland #linux #x11 #xorg
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linuxwebzine
linuxwebzine @linuxwebzine@mstdn.ro · Jul 25, 2026
🖥️ GNOME lucrează la salvarea și restaurarea sesiunilor, dar funcția nu va ajunge în GNOME 51! Echipa de dezvoltare GNOME face progrese importante în crearea unui sistem nativ de Session Save & Restore (salvarea și restaurarea automată a aplicațiilor și ferestrelor deschise după repornire), însă implementarea completă mai are nevoie de timp. ✨ Detalii despre nouă funcționalitate GNOME: 🔄 Ce va face Session Restore: • Va permite sistemului să rețină aplicațiile deschise, poziția ferestrelor și starea acestora înainte de oprire sau repornire, redeschizându-le automat la următoarea autentificare. 🛠️ De ce durează mai mult: • Arhitectura modernă bazată pe Wayland și izolarea aplicațiilor prin Flatpak (sandboxing) necesită noi protocoale de securitate și API-uri speciale (portals) pentru ca aplicațiile să își poată salva starea în siguranță fără a compromite confidențialitatea. ⏳ Lansarea este amânată: • Deși lucrările sunt avansate, funcționalitatea nu este suficient de matură pentru a fi inclusă în versiunea GNOME 51, echipa preferând să prioritizeze stabilitatea și funcționarea impecabilă în locul unei lansări grăbite. Un pas mare înainte pentru mediul de desktop GNOME, care va aduce o experiență de lucru mult mai fluidă pe Linux! 🚀 #GNOME #Linux #Wayland #OpenSource #DesktopEnvironment #TechNews #LinuxNews #Flatpak #UX Design
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jcm
JCM @jcm@wafrn.jcm.re · Jul 24, 2026
Krita 5.3.2.1 is still not working well with touchscreen and stylus with GNOME 46 on Wayland :( Whenever I try to move a layer by drag-and-drop, Krita completely stops accepting any pointer inputs. Not even restarting the program helps… I need to completely relog. #krita #linux #wayland #gnome
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RootMoose
Root Moose @RootMoose@mastodon.bsd.cafe · Jul 24, 2026
Replying to @RootMoose@mastodon.bsd.cafe

Ok, I think I've got this display card under control - or so it seems. It hasn't crashed since Wednesday.

I guess this is a combo AMD RDNA3 Navi23 and KDE Plasma (+ Wayland?) bug...

I backed out all my Linux kernel command line switches for AMD GPUs and it crashed to green screen in less than a half hour. So, re-adding them stopped that from happening.

... amdgpu.dcdebugmask=0x410 amdgpu.tmz=0 amdgpu.gpu_recovery=1 amdgpu.sg_display=0 ...

And then the cursor thing is fixed <?!> by adding

KWIN_FORCE_SW_CURSOR=1

Currently this is what is set:

cat /proc/$(pidof kwin_wayland)/environ | tr '\0' '\n' | grep KWIN :

KWIN_DRM_NO_AMS=1 KWIN_DRM_NO_DIRECT_SCANOUT=1 KWIN_FORCE_SW_CURSOR=1

From a user experience point of view I don't see any difference with that software cursor setting.

There's another wrinkle to this that might be a factor but I can't really test around it currently. This is a multi-head machine and one screen is connected via HDMI and one is DP.

Perhaps this wouldn't be a problem if both screens were connected via the same type of connector.

Both screens are set to the same refresh frequency. But, in the display control app one reads back at 60.00 Hz while the other is 60.000 Hz. Minor thing right? But in trying to make this work I've seen references to AMD GPU weirdness in multi-head configurations where the refresh rates were different between screens. Red herring perhaps.

Anyway, don't know if there are (or will be) any people trying to make a RX 5800 XT GPU behave under Linux but this seems to be what worked for me and my dual head setup. I'll update if anything changes.

#Linux #AMD #AMDGPU #KDE #KDEPlasma #Plasma #AlpineLinux #kwin #Wayland

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