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Re:GTK: Consider dropping the X11 back end by jmercan on Monday July 04, 2022 @04:50AM (#31974936)
From what I see, most Wayland aware applications have converged on using PipeWire (through XDG Portal) for screen sharing.

Personally I use PipeWire anyway but I'll admit telling people to replace more of their setup as a solution isn't very nice.

Also there might be oddballs like how Zoom used to use the GNOME screenshot API for a while.

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Re:GTK: Consider dropping the X11 back end by sph on Monday July 04, 2022 @06:02AM (#31975365)
Latest Zoom release supports Wayland screen sharing.

The only oddball these days is Discord, because they refuse to ship an updated version of Electron. Works fine in-browser.

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Re:GTK: Consider dropping the X11 back end by jayofdoom on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @10:26AM (#31988551)
You can absolutely run pipewire for screen sharing while running something else for an audio server. If your distribution doesn't provide this as a supported setup, I suggest you check with them.
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