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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: Shocking speed difference, Ubuntu vs. Linux Mint, Snap vs.
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Date: 20 Mar 2025 01:12:02 GMT
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On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 09:21:09 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:

> Ubuntu 24.04 still uses X11. It seems to default to Wayland after that
> release. The slow performance really does seem to be the result of Snap
> since even the interface itself shouldn't be slower as it is also based
> on GTK3 like Cinnamon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Wayland_(protocol)#Desktop_Linux_distributions

"Ubuntu shipped with Wayland by default in Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark).
[92] However, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS reverted to X.Org by default due to several 
issues.[93][94] Since Ubuntu 21.04, Wayland is the default again."

OS: Ubuntu oracular 24.10 x86_64
Host: SER
Kernel: Linux 6.11.0-19-generic
Uptime: 7 days, 55 mins
Packages: 3007 (dpkg), 35 (snap)
Shell: bash 5.2.32
Display (Acer Technologies 24"): 1920x1080 @ 60Hz [External]
DE: GNOME 47.0
WM: Mutter (Wayland)
WM Theme: Yaru

That's the Ubuntu box. The Fedora 41 box 

DE: KDE Plasma 6.3.3
WM: Kwin (Wayland)
WM Theme: Breeze