Jérôme Petazzoni • 4/29/2024

Six months with Wayland, from i3 to Sway

The article details a developer's six-month journey migrating from the i3 window manager on X11 to Sway on Wayland. It provides a practical summary of what worked and what didn't, including strong compatibility between i3 and Sway configurations, major issues with NVIDIA GPUs, and a smooth experience with Intel/AMD. It also covers the author's specific hardware setup, use cases (development, streaming, ML), and the process of switching between Xorg and Wayland sessions.

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