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On 2025-03-20, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> 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

That's what I thought (when using Ubuntu). 

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