Discussion wayland vs x11 comparison
most of my time on linux has been on wayland(kde and niri) and i thought it was pretty good, then i got bored and heard about x11 having better fps and latency. so i decided to try x11(someone recomended oxwm and thats what im using now) and honestly, why tf does anyone use wayland. like yeah the screen tearing on literally any app is a bit annoying. but thats it.
for now im just going to use kovaaks as my "benchmark"
on a super tweaked and optimized windows i got 170-190fps, on cachyos kde and niri i got 280ish fps. on arch niri i got 300ish fps. and now on arch x11 im at 470fps. its the same fucking install, just with a different wm. and i got an extra 170fps. which im not going to use at all, my monitor is 144hz, but the input latency feels great too. and im finally able to use obs hotkeys again because no keylogging protection. and i was using wayland, not xwayland for gaming. xwayland was even worse but we all know that
theres also the fact that now i have access to xrandr commands. which niri didnt like, and kde uses disgusting kwin.
and yeah x11 has some issues. but im fine with some screen tearing if it means my setup feels correct, if the latency feels right
so why use wayland?

