I run proprietary Nvidia drivers as well and Wayland runs so much better than Xorg now that I’m permanently coming over to Wayland. I’m extremely happy rn with Wayland

  • jj4211@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I keep trying Wayland and an in the middle of an attempt. I use fedora maniacally updated, Nvidia, and plasma shell. I’m about to abort again:

    -even configured to directly use Wayland, I see chrome based browsers glitch out on occasion, and when it starts glitching it just keeps on glitching

    -plasma panel stops updating multiple times a day, staying frozen including the clock

    -sometimes kwin starts, but plasmashell has to run manually, and per above has to be restarted on occasion

    -occasionally it just forgets what the monitor resolution is supposed to be and reverts to 1024x768

    -the blur translucency effect glitches around mouse cursor

    -immersedvr doesn’t support Wayland

    On the flip side, xorg problems are: -occasionally kwin can’t grab keyboard for some effects until restarted. This is a well documented bug butt other than it being xorg specific, doesn’t seem to be figured out.

    -some things tear in ugly ways, but not nearly as bad as the chrome glitch under Wayland.

    Maybe kwin isn’t a great Wayland compositor, maybe Nvidia drivers are still not up to snuff. Ultimately, it’s not viable for me. Further kwin is a huge factor for “why Linux desktop” for me, gnome shell is more limited even than Windows for my workflows.

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      10 months ago

      I had those same issues on my 3080. I switched to AMD and Kwin works great on Wayland.

      I wonder. Does KWin still use the old workaround for Nvidia?

      I remember gnome refusing to bend to Nvidia over eglstreams.

      If Kwin is still using that workaround, even now after Nvidia conceded, maybe that is the problem.

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      10 months ago

      Definitely think NVidia has got some ways to go on improving Wayland drivers. AMD has its share of issues but they’re a lot less obtrusive than what you’re describing