• AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Ahead of tomorrow’s official announcement, the Mozilla Firefox 121.0 release binaries have hit the mirrors and it’s keeping to the most exciting Christmas gift for Linux desktop users: Wayland support enabled by default!

    Firefox 121 is ready to go with allowing Wayland support to be used by default on modern Linux desktops rather than defaulting to XWayland.

    Some Linux distributions and package builds have been using the native Wayland path for a while but now it’s great to see the upstream builds make this default change as we get ready to embark on the 2024 Linux desktop.

    X.Org/X11 support remains in place for those not using a Wayland-based desktop enviornment.

    Firefox 121 also adds Voice Control command support on macOS, adds an option to always force-underline links within websites, Firefox now includes a floating button to help in creation within PDFs, various CSS feature additions, and other developer enhancements.

    Firefox 121 also now supports tail call elimination in WebAssembly for enhancing support for functional languages.

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    • yrmyli@sopuli.xyz
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      1 year ago

      Xorg = Massive screen tearing

      Wayland = No screen tearing

      Xorg = Nvidia friendly

      Wayland = Fuck you nvidia!

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Both are display servers which is software that allows programs to write to the screen. X is older and was created back in 1984 at MIT and Wayland is a much newer protocol that is designed to work better on newer (post 90’s) hardware.

      The biggest difference is that Wayland basicly allows your desktop direct access to the screen and X has a server that runs and allows your desktop to connect to it. X was originally designed to run remotely as back in the day there was one big commuter that many people connected to.

      If this is all very confusing you probably should just stick to your distros defaults. Most of the time you don’t need to care.

      • Rustmilian@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Wayland is a communication protocol that specifies the communication between a display server and its clients, designed to be a replacement for the X11 window system protocol and architecture.
        I might be a little nitpicky here, but I feel it’s an important distinction to make as there is no single common Wayland server like Xorg is for X11.
        A display server using the Wayland protocol is called a Wayland compositor, as it additionally performs the task of a compositing window manager.
        Xorg on the other hand is basically one fat display server designed like a house of cards that everyone uses.

  • Toldry@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I asked chatGPT what Wayland is since the article contains no explanation

    In this context, “Wayland” refers to a protocol and a display server protocol used in Linux operating systems. It’s an alternative to the more established X Window System (X11). The article highlights that Firefox version 121.0 has integrated support for Wayland by default, indicating that the browser can now utilize Wayland’s capabilities directly on modern Linux desktops without relying on XWayland compatibility layer, thereby enhancing performance and compatibility with the native display server protocol.