I think it's fascinating how general opinion seems to be becoming more neutral on Wayland compared to the rah-rah days I remember, probably around 2018-19. I personally could never use Wayland - I was pretty set in my i3 config, so GNOME switching to Wayland didn't affect me, but I always had PCs with nvidia GPUS (I like playing games, sue me) and while admittedly, nvidia wasn't working on good faith either, I don't think nvidia users deserved the attitude they got from eg. Sway. Despite that, the amount of effusive praise Wayland got on HN and some linux-centric communities had me jealous. What changed over time? I see that this gist was made in 2020, was it the issues with screensharing that became more pronounced due to COVID induced WFH? Did some major distro enable Wayland by default and therefore brought people out of the woodwork? If someone knows what the history is here I'd be delighted to know.
Of course, it's entirely possible I'm misreading the history here: Wayland could've been widely despised back then, or maybe this thread is an outlier. Either way, I'd be happy to see if anybody's got a good pulse check.
Of course, it's entirely possible I'm misreading the history here: Wayland could've been widely despised back then, or maybe this thread is an outlier. Either way, I'd be happy to see if anybody's got a good pulse check.