[GoLUG] LOL, people wonder why I don't like the Gnome project

[Alex Finkel]

I built a new computer in late 2020 with an AMD video card and I wanted to see how well it worked.  I was interested if Wayland really worked and without the flickering when logging in.  I was pleasantly surprised by how well it worked and how seamless it was.  Performance is good and it is rock-solid stable. 

I run the X-Plane flight simulator in full screen mode on a widescreen monitor and I get decent frame rates with a modest card (RX5500).  No problems running on Wayland. 

Actually cut-and-paste mostly works but KeePassXC won’t auto-type. I’m assuming that is an X11 vs Wayland issue.

In the 2-3 years since I switched I have not needed to switch back to X11 because something didn’t work on Wayland.  I have gone back to Cinnamon a few times for a day or two just because but then I find I prefer GNOME. 

I remember when GNOME 3 first came out I tried it and and hated the new interface.  I went to Cinnamon because I saw it as the best of both worlds; modern GTK3 based but with a “classic” interface.   

Now, I appreciate the clean look of GNOME 3.  I personally hate icons on the desktop for example.  So it works well for me.  

Alex

> On Sep 9, 2023, at 4:39 PM, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> 
> Alex Finkel said on Sat, 9 Sep 2023 06:34:11 -0400
> 
>> I switched to GNOME 3 a couple years ago because I wanted to use
>> Wayland and with a couple extensions 
> 
> Why did you switch to Wayland? What benefits did you anticipate, and
> were those benefits realized?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> SteveT