> I switched to Sway recently. I couldn't believe how snappy it is.
This is the common refrain I tend to see. I know I was certainly in the "Can't believe it" category, since I'd tried wayland about 4 years ago and ended up moving back to X.
That said, I had exactly the same reaction 2 years ago when I gave it a shot on my new machine.
It was fast, didn't show any tearing or flickering, handled automatic configuration of most monitors correctly, and made my touchpad genuinely nice to use.
Just the touchpad support alone won me over pretty much immediately.
I went from "Eh, Wayland isn't ready" to "Holy shit, I'm never going back!"
I have yet to see evidence that Wayland has less artifacts/tearing than X.
Wayland does not has such a thing: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Radeon-T...
Also Wayland probably has less support for adaptative sync (which is the biggest feature regarding what you call a perfect frame)
This is the common refrain I tend to see. I know I was certainly in the "Can't believe it" category, since I'd tried wayland about 4 years ago and ended up moving back to X.
That said, I had exactly the same reaction 2 years ago when I gave it a shot on my new machine.
It was fast, didn't show any tearing or flickering, handled automatic configuration of most monitors correctly, and made my touchpad genuinely nice to use.
Just the touchpad support alone won me over pretty much immediately.
I went from "Eh, Wayland isn't ready" to "Holy shit, I'm never going back!"