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I don't know who Wayland is (i.imgflip.com)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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If anyone wants to give an ELI5 or a link to a video that ELI5 I'd be incredibly thankful

I swear that all the stuff I find is like super in depth technical stuff that just loses me in no time flat

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How do I check which one my OS uses?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's not os based, usually you can switch between the 2 on your login screen. To check if you are in a wayland session, type this in a terminal:

echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE

The answer should be wayland or x11

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Huh, it's x11... Isn't Wayland also better for gaming? I would want to switch.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

afaik with nvidia x11 is still recommended for gaming

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Or empty if neither (shell access), but thats obvious hehe