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A checklist to see if Wayland meets my needs.
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Is Wayland Ready yet (for me).md

Is Wayland Ready yet (for me)

  • Nvidia Prime offloading for laptops with hybrid graphics (support for external monitors via USB-C/Thunderport)
  • xkill alternative. Currently in wayland each DE/WM uses its own method.
    • KDE (KWin): qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin killWindow
    • Sway
      • SIGTERM: swaymsg kill. Default keybind: $Mod + Shift + q
      • SIGKILL: kill -9 $(swaymsg -t get_tree | jq '.. | select(.type?) | select(.focused==true).pid')
    • Hyperland: hyprctl dispatch kill
    • Gnome (Mutter): ?
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