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KnucklesXD 3 Oct, 2022 @ 11:12am
Change default Plasma mode to Wayland from X11?
Title is pretty self-explanatory, is there any way to make Gaming Mode launch `startplasma-wayland` instead of `startplasma-x11`?
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Originally posted by WarnerCK:
Gaming mode is already using Wayland: gamescope is a Wayland compositor. The desktop mode currently uses X11 because Wayland support isn't quite adequate, but more distros are going Wayland-by-default this year; SteamOS will take the same step at some point.
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WarnerCK 3 Oct, 2022 @ 12:31pm 
Gaming mode is already using Wayland: gamescope is a Wayland compositor. The desktop mode currently uses X11 because Wayland support isn't quite adequate, but more distros are going Wayland-by-default this year; SteamOS will take the same step at some point.
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KnucklesXD 3 Oct, 2022 @ 1:18pm 
Sounds good, I tried jerry rigging the startup config to run wayland, it worked fine until I rebooted. Gotta say tho, looking forward to full Wayland support as the window effects than can be achieved with it are really nice.
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KnucklesXD 5 Oct, 2022 @ 6:32am 
So, funny story. I fully reimaged my steam deck and now Plasma uses Wayland??? Weird but I'll take it cuz now I can use all these funk window effects
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WarnerCK 5 Oct, 2022 @ 6:57am 
The effects work on X11, too. Compiz was from around 2006, before Wayland was a thing.

echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
in Konsole should tell you which you're using, I think.
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