Ubuntu 21.04 - X.Org vs. Wayland Linux Gaming Performance

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Ubuntu 21.04 - X.Org vs. Wayland Linux Gaming Performance: One of the most significant underlying changes with the recent release of Ubuntu 21.04 is the default GNOME Shell desktop environment is running the Wayland-based session by default rather than the traditional X.Org Server session. But what does this mean for the Linux gaming performance on Ubuntu 21.04? Here are some (X)Wayland vs. X.Org benchmarks.