cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1458833
Many Linux users have cited Wayland’s forced vsync as a blocker for gaming related scenarios. This patch adds tearing support into Xwayland!
In what situations is this a blocker for gaming? Like, genuinely, who actually had any significant issues from it? Top 1% Counter Strike pros? I’ve been playing games on Wayland for ages and I never understood how anyone can think the experience is worse, let alone so bad it’s unusable.
I habe been gaming on wayland for over a year and haven’t noticed any difference.
Maybe in super competitive games you may notice something but for the average gamer I think wayland has been viable for gaming for a rather long time.
That’s amazing!!! Great news! Now just need the option to disable viewport suspension, I’d be on it 100% of the time
What’s viewport suspension?
As someone who games exclusively (okay, except fucking PUBG) on Linux and Wayland for two years now, I find the implicit claim that (x)Wayland would not be suitable for Linux pretty misleading. The problem is that this is repeated a lot throughout the community, mainly by people who haven’t tried it recently. However, good for the few people that need that feature!
