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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 58 points 1 week ago (13 children)

The reality is that, although there are quite a few standalone Wayland compositors, you don't hear about most of them, because almost all of them suck in one way or another if you go beyond opening terminals.

Ah, classic Vaxry. I'm sure he would love it if his compositor was the only one.

I lost interest after that.

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