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Revisiting X11 vs Wayland With Multiple Displays

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Jun 02, 2025

Quoting: Revisiting X11 vs Wayland With Multiple Displays - KDE Blogs —

A few years ago, I was among those who found Wayland too painful to use every day. Over time, I gave Wayland a try now and then. It finally got usable enough for me to switch to as my default a couple of years ago.

Recently, during the soft freeze before the Plasma 6.4 Beta was released, I used mainly X11 on both my laptops - for science! And by science, I mean regression testing. I was curious what the experience was like compared to what I've become accustomed to with Wayland.

In short, Wayland supports multiple displays and color so much better. It was painful using X11 again.

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