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Subject: Re: Shocking speed difference, Ubuntu vs. Linux Mint, Snap vs.
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Date: 21 Mar 2025 00:06:48 GMT
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On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 19:52:00 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:

> I'm tempted to install it again on the damned MacBook Air 2017 just to
> take a screenshot and show you that it said very clearly that it was
> running on X11. Maybe Wayland doesn't support the Intel HD 6000 series?
> Even the trackpad gestures I would usually rely on which work on Wayland
> didn't work on Ubuntu. Besides, it was 24.04, not 22.04.

It's entirely possible a 8 year old Macbook can't handle Wayland. 

> I just did a search and people were apparently reporting issues with
> their Intel graphics and Wayland. Perhaps Canonical forced X11 for those
> machines.

We're really getting into special cases now but my Fedora box is Wayland 
and it runs fine on an Intel Xeon E3 GPU, but then its KDE and not GNOME.