Re: [dev] X11 compositors

From: Maarten van Gompel <proycon_AT_anaproy.nl>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:49:43 +0200

Hi Nick et al,

With Sxmo we're currently also moving towards wayland (we'll have to
reinvent what the X in our name means then). We found that, especially
on the Pinephone, the performance under X11 is simply superior to
that on Wayland. We settled on sway to replace dwm, as dwl still lacks the
maturity we need and sway has that going for it. I agree it comes with
maybe a few too many bells & whistles as we'd like. Though of course, by
definition a wayland compositor has a considerably higher simplicity
than an Wayland window manager anyway.

We will also keep supporting X and the suckmore stack, but
X11 will become the default in the very near future for us.
Fortunately this means we had to look for comparable alternatives for
the suckmore software stack we've grown attached to. But fortunately
there are people taking up wayland-focused initiatives with a similar
philosophy. Thus far we have:

dwm -> sway (granted, not the same thing)
svkbd -> wvkbd (see https://dropboxhub.com/jjsullivan5196/wvkbd/pull/2)
st -> foot
dmenu -> bemenu

Regards,

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