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Tearing protocol merged for XWayland. Wayland gets closer to being suitable for gaming purposes (gitlab.freedesktop.org)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1458833

Many Linux users have cited Wayland's forced vsync as a blocker for gaming related scenarios. This patch adds tearing support into Xwayland!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I play a lot of FPS and third-person games so input latency is incredibly important to me. Honestly, once you try gaming in a truly low-latency environment (VRR, high refresh rate), it's hard to go back. Every time I try gaming in KDE Wayland on Radeon 680M, I notice mouse input lag and bad frame pacing.

The only Wayland compositor that I know of that doesn't exhibit these issues is the one used on the Steam Deck, but I am guessing there's some special sauce there.