On Sat, Sep 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM Evan Leibovitch via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org> wrote:
On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM Steve Litt via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org> wrote:
o1bigtenor said on Fri, 26 Sep 2025 20:26:46 -0500
Well - - - in my searches I have not found that wayland is able to use serious multi-monitor setups. So until it does - - - wayland is a neat looking puppy that I'm really not interested in.
A reminder might be worthwhile that, unlike X11, Weyland is not a piece of software. It's a protocol. So to be precise it would be worth pointing out which Weyland-supporting software didn't work.
I did say searches right - - - I can find no mention anywhere about multi-monitor and Wayland. To me that means - - - - don't try this it is NOT documented. If you have some documentation, or know of some - - - please advise.
(Have been running X mutli-monitor for about 15 years now.)
The average Windows user can do multi-monitor with ease. When Windows can do something Linux can't, instead of the other way around, it's a very bad sign. Bad FreeDesktop!
That might be true, if that was indeed the case. But I haven't had any problems using my dual 4K vertically-aligned displays using Weyland under either KWin(KDE) or Hyprland. In both cases the config was pretty simple. It was GUI-based in the KDE settings under Display Configuration. For the other I have these super-complex three lines in ~/.config/hypr/hyperland.config:
Dual has been considered sorta normal for about 7 or 8 years. I bought 4 - - 1920x1080 monitors in early 2011. Added a 4k monitor in I think it was 2023. (I may only have the same screen area as 2 4k monitors but I do have 5 different separate monitors. My definition of multi-monitor is greater than 3 and I've read of setups using 8.) If money were no object I have contemplated setting up 3 - 4k monitors. When nouveau became dual monitor friendly (I started on nvidia gpus (3) and moved to a single Radeon w 5 ports). Doubt that even a triple monitor would be easy to setup but I haven't tried and don't have the $$$$ to try.
IOW ... There are a number of reasons that Omarchy won't be my daily driver but lack of multi-monitor support isn't one of them.
By the way, I too use X11 and won't switch until Wayland is a lot more ready for prime time.
Not sure what your defining moment will be. Right now the only app that is causing problems under Weyland is Discord on Hyprland. Discord works fine under Weyland KDE (using XWeyland). I've had no problems with Steam games and OBS. It's been prime time for me since I switched to Fedora KDE, If there's a specific app you'd like me to test, let me know.
I have issues with things like browsers and that's enough to scare me aware from trying anything using wayland. Regards