▲ 37 ▼ Xwayland rootful - part1 (ofourdan.blogspot.com) submitted 2 years ago by Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml 4 comments fedilink hide all child comments Rootful xwayland allows X11 window managers to work on top of wayland compositors like cage. Phoronix on other rootful xwayland patches: https://www.phoronix.com/news/XWayland-Rootfull-Desktop
[–] afk@ttrpg.network 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) I wonder if this would help with HiDPI monitors and Xwayland apps looking blurry permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] azvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago I don't think so. This lets you run entire desktop on Xwayland, can't see how would that help. Problems with no mixed DPI on Xwayland is due to no mixed DPI on X in general. Currently some compositors work around the issue by letting apps use the native resolution and scale how they want, but by adding mixed DPIs will cause all sorts of issues anyway. permalink fedilink source parent [–] afk@ttrpg.network 1 point 2 years ago Turns out that kind of? Xwayland rootful - part 2 https://ofourdan.blogspot.com/2023/11/xwayland-rootful-part-2.html permalink fedilink source parent
[–] azvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago I don't think so. This lets you run entire desktop on Xwayland, can't see how would that help. Problems with no mixed DPI on Xwayland is due to no mixed DPI on X in general. Currently some compositors work around the issue by letting apps use the native resolution and scale how they want, but by adding mixed DPIs will cause all sorts of issues anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] afk@ttrpg.network 1 point 2 years ago Turns out that kind of? Xwayland rootful - part 2 https://ofourdan.blogspot.com/2023/11/xwayland-rootful-part-2.html permalink fedilink source parent