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[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I like the fact that I can exercise my difficulty with usage commitment by installing both and switching between them :D.

Wayland is so buttery smooth it feels like I just upgraded my computer for free...but I still get some window Z-fighting and screen recording problems and other weirdness.

I'm glad X11 is still there to fall back on, even if it really feels janky from an experience point of view now.

[–] billgamesh@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

For me, it's building software from source on musl. Just one more variable to contend with