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[–] cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wayland by default

Having an Nvidia-card, should I be worried about this? So far I've read so many "Nvidia bad, Wayland no work" posts that I have just stayed clear waiting for a final confirmation that everything is smooth sailing.

[–] IverCoder@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

On much more recent driver versions Wayland support has been further improved. I suggest going with Fedora Silverblue since RPM Fusion is pretty quick to roll out new driver versions.

[–] interceder270@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

None of the issues I have with wayland stem from my nvidia card, and I'm on a gaming laptop.

Seems like one of those 'lies told so often it becomes' true kind of deals.

I've been using Wayland on Nvidia with plasma for about a year and it's been mostly fine. Only a few minor issues like night color not working or some Xwayland apps flickering, but the system feels far more responsive on Wayland so it's well worth it to me