Wayland is overall just better. I know there are plenty of apps that keep people on X11 just because they don’t properly support/work on Wayland yet, but other than that I’m not sure why you would want to stay on X11.
The overwhelming majority of systems consist of one monitor. For the minority on two monitors the overwhelming majority have 2 low DPI monitors or 2 high DPI monitors.
For those with mixed DPI screens only recently has any system supported scaling xwayland apps appropriately on such setups meaning some apps look like garbage and they still do on gnome. xrandr --scale to scale per screen has worked since 2003 and per screen fractional scaling works on Cinanamon under X right now.
To revise
90% of everyone
Single screen: Wayland == X
Multiple similar DPI Wayland == X
5%
Mixed DPI with a mix of Wayland on X apps on every desktop but KDE X > Wayland
5%
Mixed DPI with a mix of wayland and X apps on KDE Wayland > X
Mixed DPI with only wayland apps Wayland > X
I wonder why something that is only better for 5% and worse for 5% and requires 100% to deal with bugs missing features and growing pains has negative feelings attached!
I’ve only ever really had issues with X11 to be fair. Since DEs started fully shooting Wayland I was able to finally switch over to Linux full time and it feel better than Windows in every regard
Looks like a hotkey daemon. That helps, but the crux of my issue is that on X11, xdotool can read the window names, size, position, and move them between workspaces and monitors.
Wayland is overall just better. I know there are plenty of apps that keep people on X11 just because they don’t properly support/work on Wayland yet, but other than that I’m not sure why you would want to stay on X11.
The overwhelming majority of systems consist of one monitor. For the minority on two monitors the overwhelming majority have 2 low DPI monitors or 2 high DPI monitors.
For those with mixed DPI screens only recently has any system supported scaling xwayland apps appropriately on such setups meaning some apps look like garbage and they still do on gnome. xrandr --scale to scale per screen has worked since 2003 and per screen fractional scaling works on Cinanamon under X right now.
To revise
90% of everyone
Single screen: Wayland == X Multiple similar DPI Wayland == X
5%
Mixed DPI with a mix of Wayland on X apps on every desktop but KDE X > Wayland
5%
Mixed DPI with a mix of wayland and X apps on KDE Wayland > X Mixed DPI with only wayland apps Wayland > X
I wonder why something that is only better for 5% and worse for 5% and requires 100% to deal with bugs missing features and growing pains has negative feelings attached!
The software you use working correctly is kind of a big deal, though.
Wayland is like how windows people say Linux is.
It works and is Incredible, but on X11 things just work.
I have the opposite experience. Multi monitor setup for my was always a half broken hassle on X11 and just works on Wayland.
I’ve only ever really had issues with X11 to be fair. Since DEs started fully shooting Wayland I was able to finally switch over to Linux full time and it feel better than Windows in every regard
Window manager automation. I use hotkeys to resize and move windows based on their title, pin them to certain monitors, etc…
ydotoolis a step in the right direction, but AFAIK it can only simulate mouse and keyboard inputAre you looking for something like swhkd maybe?
Looks like a hotkey daemon. That helps, but the crux of my issue is that on X11, xdotool can read the window names, size, position, and move them between workspaces and monitors.
Windows rules on KDE?
Are KDE’s window rules accessible through bash? Can it work on individual window titles (i.e. different browser tabs in Firefox)?
Speaking as an Xfce user, I’d prefer a DE-neutral option, but if I must use Wayland, maybe KDE is worth another try.