Raspberry Pi OS Now Using Wayland By Default On All Models

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Raspberry Pi OS Now Using Wayland By Default On All Models

Over the past year we have seen Raspberry Pi working a lot on Wayland support for the Raspberry Pi OS desktop and using it on their latest Raspberry Pi models. With today's new Raspberry Pi OS update, Wayland is being used by default across all Raspberry Pi devices...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-OS-Wayland-Default

[Alexmitter]

labwc is quite the excellent choice for the Pixel Desktop(Raspies LXDE continuation) and all for all it is still the better continuation of LXDE compared to the failure that is LXQt.

[kpedersen]

Makes sense. An enterprise display system is overkill for these little consumer devices. Hobbyist / quick prototyping things are certainly better served with more direct pixel access, old MS-DOS style.

I guess it also helps funnel punters into Raspberry Pi's proprietary remote desktop system (Raspberry Pi Connect) since most UNIX VNC servers rely on X11 for session management. Proprietary viewers remind me of CarbonCopy for Windows 3.1 from the 90s. Progress is a funny thing.

[ezst036]

A switch from X to Wayland ought to make it "feel" more responsive during use, so that is good. Especially on the lower-powered devices that are left to boot up into a GUI.

[pdbecid]

Labwc is rock solid, used it for a while and served me well. Their development is steady and without drama, best solution for low spec hardware.

[reba]

Wow, that's a for me unexpected success for labwc. Of course it makes sense to use it on a smaller and weaker platform, just as it is blazing along on my 16 core It is extremely solid for a now extended period of time and I use it daily without noticing anything bad in my face or in the logs.

Congratulations! Well deserved. Also to wlroots as it's their foundation.

[davidbepo]

sadge

[Vermilion]

[...] the Pixel Desktop(Raspies LXDE continuation)

It hasn't been called Pixel for years now. It's just Raspberry Pi Desktop.

[ssokolow]

labwc is quite the excellent choice for the Pixel Desktop(Raspies LXDE continuation) and all for all it is still the better continuation of LXDE compared to the failure that is LXQt.

It's probably also partly because, last time I looked into LXQt's Wayland plans, the LXDE/LXQt devs were exploring it as an option.

[Danny3]

I wish they had worked to improve the compositors of Plasma and Gnome to make sure these two most popular DEs work well on such low power devices!
I'm so tired of developers suffering from the NIH syndrome!