Ask HN: Do you prefer X or Wayland

#1

Post by Minks » Fri, Aug 08, 2025, 3:13 PM UTC

I’m asking this because I’m still using the Xserver instead of Wayland.

For me there’s a certain ease of use in the form of its configuration that just really sticks with me.

Like just being able to launch another display, or the ability to not use a compositor is a huge plus for me.

Re: Ask HN: Do you prefer X or Wayland

#2

Post by roscas » Fri, Aug 08, 2025, 6:03 PM UTC

Xorg still rules for me for plasma and xfce4.

Re: Ask HN: Do you prefer X or Wayland

#3

Post by d3Xt3r » Fri, Aug 08, 2025, 6:18 PM UTC

Wayland. I like that I don't have to faff around with Xorg.conf etc, and that I can run mixed-DPI mixed-refresh-rate multi-monitor setups with zero issues - especially the fact that I can get blur-free fractional scaling.

Re: Ask HN: Do you prefer X or Wayland

#4

Post by Minks » Fri, Aug 08, 2025, 7:23 PM UTC

roscas wrote: post #2

Xorg still rules for me for plasma and xfce4.

I’ve tried many DEs and WMs but I always come back to xfce

Re: Ask HN: Do you prefer X or Wayland

#5

Post by akagusu » Fri, Aug 08, 2025, 7:42 PM UTC

It is not a about preference, it's about workflow.

X works 100% in all my use cases, Wayland doesn't. Amd according Wayland devs, this is by design; Wayland is not supposed to replace X use cases Wayland devs consider not valid.

So, in my case, X

Re: Ask HN: Do you prefer X or Wayland

#6

Post by tmtvl » Mon, Aug 11, 2025, 10:30 PM UTC

Wayland is more secure, though accessibility suffers, which is a really difficult trade-off to make. If that Wayland AwesomeWM counterpart reaches 1.0.0 and wlroots a11y support improves then I'll be able to say Wayland without needing to append a bunch of asterisks.

Re: Ask HN: Do you prefer X or Wayland

#7

Post by mapierce2 » Mon, Aug 11, 2025, 10:40 PM UTC

Wayland. But only on personal machines, and only because I like customizing my linux desktop as a hobby, and only because I have more than one machine in case an update borks the whole thing. If you want/need something that just works, Xorg just works.

Re: Ask HN: Do you prefer X or Wayland

#8

Post by Babkock » Tue, Aug 12, 2025, 1:36 AM UTC

Been exclusively on Wayland on my laptop and Raspberry Pi for a couple years at least. I've removed almost all of the Xorg packages, but I keep the one xorg-server-xwayland. I don't miss X11 at all. But, I also don't have an NVIDIA graphics card.

Re: Ask HN: Do you prefer X or Wayland

#9

Post by hollerith » Tue, Aug 12, 2025, 2:17 AM UTC

Wayland.

Re: Ask HN: Do you prefer X or Wayland

#10

Post by abhinavk » Tue, Aug 12, 2025, 5:51 AM UTC

tmtvl wrote: post #6

Wayland is more secure, though accessibility suffers, which is a really difficult trade-off to make. If that Wayland AwesomeWM counterpart reaches 1.0.0 and wlroots a11y support improves then I'll be able to say Wayland without needing to append a bunch of asterisks.

> Wayland AwesomeWM counterpart

Pinnacle or CwC?