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Re: Show HN: Play Pokémon to unlock your Wayland session

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Post by throwaway13337 »

alex-moon wrote: post #43
d3Xt3r wrote: post #2

Ah, goody. Looks like I found the only other Wayland user on HN. ;) You should also post here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44837981

I use Wayland! I like it a lot and I think that it's a sensible way to take window management in the 21st century. However, it's clearly not _mature_ yet (which is understandable - it's very new!). My use case specifically is a bit unusual: 1. I'm on an NVIDIA graphics card - this struggles a lot, I won't lie, and it's really odd issues which are difficult to track down. 2. I'm running Deskflow for virtual KVM - this…

I am also on Wayland (via CachyOS) and recently started using Deskflow for my MacBook KVM-type setup. Linux on one screen, Mac on the other.

Works great except for the copy-and-paste issues and the mod key resets - just as you describe. I've been fiddling with it the last couple of days.

Funny to see someone with such a similar setup and issue.

Esoteric issues aside, the general use of CachyOS has been very smooth.

There seems to be a lot of momentum for desktop Linux, with Microsoft and Apple dropping the ball lately. LLMs also make deep configuration of Linux more manageable. The stars seem to be aligning for it.

Re: Show HN: Play Pokémon to unlock your Wayland session

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Post by mappu »

KetoManx64 wrote: post #49
mappu wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What modern display manager doesn't let you? In KDE the screensaver is merged into the screen locker settings, you can pick any "wallpaper plugin" which includes slideshows, video, or animation if you plug in e.g. https://store.kde.org/p/2143912 or https://store.kde.org/p/2194089

Wayland doesn't support screen savers: https://www.jwz.org/blog/2023/09/wayland-and-screen-savers/

He said (2023) it needs an extension protocol or per-compositor work - so screensaver support is available in KDE using the Screen Locker integration, just no port was done AFAICS.

A general "wayland" protocol for it didn't exist back then, but in this thread we see ext-session-lock exists now, and jwz was recently trying to use it where available: https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/07/xscreensaver-wayland-and-lo... so you might see an xscreensaver port soon.

Re: Show HN: Play Pokémon to unlock your Wayland session

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Post by skyzouwdev »

That’s a really creative take on session locking. I can see it being both fun and surprisingly secure — anyone trying to unlock your machine would need to know the game and the exact sequence. Do you see this as more of a novelty project, or could it be adapted for practical use in real security setups?

Re: Show HN: Play Pokémon to unlock your Wayland session

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Post by anajimi »

skyzouwdev wrote: post #54

That’s a really creative take on session locking. I can see it being both fun and surprisingly secure — anyone trying to unlock your machine would need to know the game and the exact sequence. Do you see this as more of a novelty project, or could it be adapted for practical use in real security setups?

Thank you for your kind comment! To be honest I saw this as a novelty project, however I think it could be more secure than a password locker, at least in some cases where the password is weak.

Re: Show HN: Play Pokémon to unlock your Wayland session

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Post by airtonix »

alex-moon wrote: post #43
d3Xt3r wrote: post #2

Ah, goody. Looks like I found the only other Wayland user on HN. ;) You should also post here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44837981

I use Wayland! I like it a lot and I think that it's a sensible way to take window management in the 21st century. However, it's clearly not _mature_ yet (which is understandable - it's very new!). My use case specifically is a bit unusual: 1. I'm on an NVIDIA graphics card - this struggles a lot, I won't lie, and it's really odd issues which are difficult to track down. 2. I'm running Deskflow for virtual KVM - this…

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