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Re:Linux is good now; to feel like you actually own your PC,... by aidenn0 on Thursday January 01, 2026 @11:42PM (#46461493)
It can absolutely be like that. Global keyboard shortcuts not working is a deliberate design choice in Wayland (as is non-foreground apps not having access to the clipboard).
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Re:Linux is good now; to feel like you actually own your PC,... by tigrezno on Friday January 02, 2026 @05:14AM (#46463340)
Gnome is bringing global shortcuts AFAIK in the next stable version
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Re:Linux is good now; to feel like you actually own your PC,... by akka47 on Friday January 02, 2026 @11:48AM (#46466628)
Yeah but now everything's platform-specific. We'll have a KDE version, a Gnome version, a wlroots version, ...
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Re:Linux is good now; to feel like you actually own your PC,... by aidenn0 on Friday January 02, 2026 @01:39PM (#46467890)
I bet dollars-to-donuts it won't work with X11 apps
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Re:Linux is good now; to feel like you actually own your PC,... by bigyabai on Friday January 02, 2026 @06:52PM (#46470998)
There's no reason it couldn't.
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Re:Linux is good now; to feel like you actually own your PC,... by aidenn0 on Monday January 05, 2026 @03:12PM (#46504192)
Yes there is; Xwayland won't support it.
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Re:Linux is good now; to feel like you actually own your PC,... by bigyabai on Monday January 05, 2026 @11:49PM (#46508851)
So what? Xwayland doesn't support file selectors, but XDG has a portal that handles it fine.
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Re:Linux is good now; to feel like you actually own your PC,... by jcgl on Saturday January 03, 2026 @05:54PM (#46482566)
I can’t speak to the GNOME side of things, but I’ve been enjoying global shortcuts on KDE Wayland for years now. No issues to report whatsoever.
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