Posts tagged: wayland
Why I Stayed on X11 for AMD Laptop Dev in 2026
My AMD Barcelo laptop runs X11. Not because I'm stubborn — because the display server choice is a practical trade-off, not a religious one. Here's the real constraint matrix.
Why Your Display Is Stuck at 60Hz: The X11/VSync/Wayland Political War
X11 locks every app to 60Hz. Wayland fixes it but NVIDIA fought it for a decade. Here's the technical architecture and the corporate politics behind your laggy desktop.
Why We Can't Have Nice Things: The X11/Wayland War as a Case Study in Human Coordination Failure
It's 2026. We have AI agents that can debug code in minutes. Yet X11 and Wayland still can't coexist peacefully. Here's why the problem isn't technical — it's human, and it follows patterns from entropy to attention economics.
Fractional Scaling on KDE 6 — X11 vs Wayland Measured on AMD Barcelo
Real measurements on a Ryzen 7 7730U (Vega 7) laptop. KDE Plasma 6.7.2. X11 session vs Wayland session. No synthetic benchmarks — just what the compositor actually renders.
Slack Native App on Linux — The "Beta" Label Is a Lie, Here Is What Arch Users Actually Run
Slack's Linux client has worn a "beta" badge since 2016. It is production software used by millions. Here is the actual install command for CachyOS/KDE/Wayland and what Arch users run instead of the browser.
The 4-Desktop Cognitive Firewall — KWin Rules That Killed My Context Switch Loop
Waiting on builds is when the damage happens. A reflexive browser tab switch breaks the sequential focus loop. Here is the KDE KWin rule configuration that locks the distraction out.