Here is my new GNU/Linux distribution guide about Debian KDE 12, the right GNU/Linux distribution for professional digital painting in 2024! Also about three major problems with GNU/Linux distros that will drive away all professional artists, IMO, and how I got kicked out of the Fedora KDE ecosystem with F40, which imposed Plasma6 and Wayland. I hope it helps other artists here!
It's alive! Though I had given up yesterday, after a few tries today I got NetBSD 10 running. Though booting is still a bit flaky and I am investigating freezes, I may resurrect this one after all. I could replace the Sony VAIO keyboard, but I just like this one's keys much better than the Sony's island keyboard.
Yesterday, I dusted off an old keyboard and I wanted to figure out how to set the programmable buttons. I found a Medium article with a Venn diagram of tools that worked for X11 and Wayland. If you don't know, those are display servers, which draw graphics on your screen. Well, technically display protocols, but who's counting? Here's my question: Why the EVERLOVING FUCK is my DISPLAY SERVER handling my FUCKING KEYBOARD? #linux#wayland#xorg#x11
Toller Vortrag von Rouven Czerwinski zu #Wayland. Ich habe mich da bisher immer drum gedrückt. Aber im Vortrag wird sehr schön erklärt, was es ist, wieso es entwickelt wird. Warum welche Probleme existieren, etc.
Würde ich allen empfehlen die bisher auch noch auf #X11 sind und sich der Thematik bisher verschlossen haben oder noch Vorurteile oder Halbwissen haben.
I imagine #X11 had some fairly restrictive assumptions in the early days, but after 10 years there was a foundation (ICCCM 2.0) on which it was possible to build a variety of different desktop environments (DE). I dare say it was possible to reproduce an other DE or make something very different at that time.
After 15 years, #Wayland may be about to get window icons, but it still doesn't support a screensaver.
I think there's room for a competitor, but I certainly don't have what it takes.
I'm unable to measure this, but I could swear that under Wayland (Weston, KWin) my touchpad mouse cursor movement is delayed by about 1 frame compared to X11 (KWin). It feels like when you enable the software cursor in a game. Does anyone feel the same? 🖱️
I generally run #OpenBSD -stable on my workstation to try to dogfood what non-developers are likely running when developing/testing #MLVWM (#X11 Macintosh-like Virtual Window Manager) and my other utilities like #swupdate (https://github.com/morgant/swupdate-openbsd). One of this month's tasks is to dust off my WIP fixes to the #Keyspan#TrippLite#USA19HS USB serial driver, plus the 7.5 release is right around the corner, so I have updated my 2015 MacBook Air workstation to -current.
So @gnome is removing the x11 session, leaving just the Wayland one.
If this goes out before Orca, the GNOME screen reader, is fixed to work on Wayland, it will mean that people who rely on screen readers will have no way to use one on GNOME. And thus on the major Linux distributions.
So I’m hoping the plan is that this change will not land until GNOME has a working screen reader.
GPU acceleration isn't always faster. Wayland is supposed to be faster because it utilises the GPU. Well, Firefox had the same idea with WebRender. Now, when I scroll on my poor laptop's Intel HD 4000, both Firefox and Wayland are fighting over GPU resources resulting in less FPS compared to X11. The CPU is almost idle. 😅
does anyone have a copy of the breeze-snow cursor theme? a compiled package from 2019 is preferable. mine seems to have updated and now its tiny af and looks like crap. the AUR package won't install due to missing files...
breeze-light is not not NOT breeze-snow, the shape is all wrong so i'd like my cursors back its all i've used since 2019 and now hate my desktop because of it >.>
Before bed, I want to tell a quick troubleshooting story:
I switched to Wayland!
But DCS: World has a weird frame flickering issue.
I try Proton, doesn't help.
I try different Wine version, doesn't help.
I try messing with DXVK, doesn't help.
It's an NVIDIA driver issue related to XWayland.
I admit defeat and go back to X11.
But: Wine can be run in native Wayland mode!
I find out how to run Wine without XWayland.
It works flawlessly and more performant than ever before!
Anyone knows how to properly start a multiseat wayland with a desktop environment or window manager running?
I just need simple stuff such as profile initialization of the user and if it's possible to just share the same discrete GPU across multiple seats?
The end result? I want to isolate my current user space from the gaming space where I can just connect using moonlight/sunshine. I want it all headless.
Anyone knows how to properly start a multiseat wayland with a desktop environment or window manager running?
I just need simple stuff such as profile initialization of the user and if it's possible to just share the same discrete GPU across multiple seats?
The end result? I want to isolate my current user space from the gaming space where I can just connect using moonlight/sunshine. I want it all headless.
Gestern kam bei mir das Update für KDE Plasma 6.0 Ich war bisher immer auf X11 unterwegs und hab mir heute gedacht, dass es tatsächlich einmal an der Zeit wäre Wayland auszuprobieren. Zumal es offenbar Fehler gibt, die mir bisher nur unter X11 aufgefallen sind. Gefällt mir ausgesprochen gut, was ich da im Moment sehe. Läuft alles schön flüssig.
Mal ein herzliches Danke an die Entwickler:innen, die an den zahlreichen Komponenten von Linux arbeiten.
Seit Donnerstag Nachmittag verbreitet mein Ex-Arbeitgeber die Ente, dass #KDE#Plasma 6 nur im #Wayland-Modus startet[1]. Mindestens seit Freitag früh gibt es einen Forenbeitrag, der das richtig stellt[2]; ein zweiter folgte drei Stunden später[3].
Bedauerlich, das alles, denn so setzen sich Faktenfehler in den Köpfen deren fest, die diese Forenbeiträge nicht gesehen haben.
I've just pushed the implementation of a GUI for calls in the CLI frontend of #Libervia
That means that you have a full-featured #Qt GUI accessible quickly from your #terminal to make or receive your #XMPP calls. Can also be useful to compensate for clients missing A/V calls.
#X11#Xorg is almost 40 years old. #wayland almost 15. And I still need to read thought-pieces that argue against adopting the latter with the same gate-keeping arguments.
The amount of effort put into whining together with the lack of effort put into maintaining Xorg (or any relevant software for that matter) is astounding and agonizingly agitating.
"If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. Quit being a part of the problem!" - John McClane (slightly paraphrased)