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Tearing protocol merged for XWayland. Wayland gets closer to being suitable for gaming purposes (gitlab.freedesktop.org)

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Many Linux users have cited Wayland's forced vsync as a blocker for gaming related scenarios. This patch adds tearing support into Xwayland!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

I am impatient for all this stuff as well, but I guess it is important to get this stuff right as Wayland will probably be the basis of the Linux graphics stack for the next two decades.