While we wait to see what comes of the new X.Org Server Git branch plans and a possible X.Org Server 26.1 release, several X.Org libraries saw new point releases this weekend. These seldom-updated libraries saw new releases to ship various build fixes and other minor improvements.
Alan Coopersmith of Oracle’s Solaris team and long-time X.Org release wrangler spent a lot of time this weekend shipping new upstream X.Org library updates
They are probably running a system full of “workaround” environment variables that are not needed anymore or something like that, and seeing issues because of it.
I’ve also had a flawless experience with Nvidia & Wayland recently.
Actually the opposite. I reinstalled everything last week or the week before.
Either that, or it’s Debian with it’s ancient drivers. Maybe even both.
Or how far behind is Mint on the updates for kernel, Nvidia drivers, KDE, etc? I remember them being really far behind on some things. It confuses me how Mint is suggested so often.
Oh yeah, Mint is also pretty special. It’s pretty good for non-gaming “it just works” purposes, but recommending it blind for gaming is just straight up evil: No Gnome. No KDE. Just three niche DEs that are still mostly stuck on X11. Meaning, that if you want to properly make use any recent monitor features (as in, decade old features) your only option is to switch to another distro.
It’s a surefire way to get someone to switch back to Windows.
This has been so much of the problem. The only light at the end of the tunnel is that it is literally just a matter of time until these users catch up and stop complaining.