Some thoughts, details, resources on transitioning from Xorg to Wayland
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Were there supposed to be "some thoughts, details and resources" posted here? at the moment its just a link to the wayland project logo.
~20min after the post went up, OP has posted no thoughts...
So I'll put in my own...
When I run Linux on a laptop, I tend to run Fluxbox, it uses a tiny ammount of screen real estate and is flexible snd nice to work with.
I am a bit sad that fluxbox won't be updated to wayland (at least not when I checked the last time), and I hope that waybox will be a good replacement.
Fluxbox... Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time... Back in the days of wintel dialup modems I was trying out Linux as a teenager and trying to get modem support working to get the internet, and at one point I tried out a Linux distro, DSL (Damn small Linux) because it was set up to be installed and run from a USB flash drive with persistent storage on the drive I think. And the window manager of DSL? You guessed it, Fluxbox! Can't believe its still around.
Have you tried using the Fluxbox implementation version MX Linux makes available? They have put tons of work into their Fluxbox implementation. Perhaps it will provide you with some useful ideas/ help. Their Forums are also quite responsive & helpful. FWIW . I am not a paid announcer ;) ...
Haha that's awesome! These days I've pretty much settled on basic defaults to make life easier: Ubuntu and Gnome. Though with snaps getting more invasive, I'm considering jumping ship and moving to the OG, Debian. I settled on Ubuntu years ago when they did a ton to improve driver compatibility and automatic installation for WiFi drivers on laptops back in the Ubuntu 7/8 days (2007/2008). Briefly tried out Linux mint in 2014, and went back to Ubuntu after a few years, gnome worked a bit better for workflow than the traditional windows approach with a taskbar for open windows.
I have no idea why this link did not appear... here is a retry on the material.
https://eirenicon.org/2023/12/13/xorg-wayland-transition-thoughts/
You can edit the post, y'know :P
Very insightful! /s
Eh, "it just werks" just like Xorg -- don't know why folks still make such fuzz regarding this subject.
t. Managed to install Sway on a single board computer with zero Linux support -- Orange pi zero 3.