what is the difference between Wayland and xorg, why would you choose one over the other?
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I use xorg on my desktop, because nvidia card don't have good support for my applications on wayland. Specifically, typing in electron app will jitter. I will be switching to wayland if this problem is solved.
I use wayland on my laptop because it is more secure and supports one-to-one gesture, which is crucial for trackpad.
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Is explicit sync a good enough solution to make wayland gaming with nvidia a reality(+ remove window flickering like some people claim it will)? It's the last obstacle I find now trying to move my main pc to linux, and I don't really want to use x11.
Pd. Lesson learned, next time I'll get an AMD gpu.
If you really want to switch there isn't really any reason to not use X.
If you really want to use Wayland I guess it will take a while longer. It's not really 100% foolproof even if you get AMD. The vast majority of apps on Linux are designed for X and XWayland isn't completely ready either.