The X.Org Server Is Abandonware?

Re:The X.Org Server Is Abandonware? by shrimp_emoji on Sunday October 25, 2020 @05:59PM (#24890316)

How's the forced v-sync? I assume all games run XWayland, which makes it a non-issue. (Otherwise, it'd presumably be an FPS hit in a world where adaptive sync [like G-SYNC but not really FreeSync since the latter doesn't really work in Linux lol] makes tearing a thing of the past and obviates v-sync entirely.)

Also, can you use xdotool for key input redirection or screen capture programs and stuff yet?

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Re:The X.Org Server Is Abandonware? by josteink on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @04:52AM (#24905556)

> How's the forced v-sync?

Not sure what you're talking about. Haven't noticed any adverse negative effects.

It's super nice to have a desktop without any tearing though.

> I assume all games run XWayland, which makes it a non-issue.

I don't do PC-gaming.

> Also, can you use xdotool for key input redirection

Not sure what xdotool is.

I'm using sway[1] with libinput. I haven't had a need to use external tools beyond what they support natively.

> or screen capture programs and stuff yet?

I have no issues to do screenshots ad-hoc (in fact, I have keybindings to do this, and throw it right in the wayland clipboard).

I do notice that most Xwayland-based programs which tries to do screen-sharing fails spectacularly though.

[1] https://github.com/swaywm/sway

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