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Wayland Usability and Nvidia

Users debate the stability and daily usability of Wayland compared to X11, sharing positive experiences alongside frequent complaints about compatibility issues, especially with Nvidia GPUs.

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imtringued • Oct 25, 2020 • View on HN

I've been using Wayland for 4 years now. I haven't encountered any of those issues.

JimmaDaRustla • Jan 14, 2026 • View on HN

I think you should look for more anecotes - there's like a million of us using wayland daily with zero issues.

malaxii • Jul 7, 2019 • View on HN

I've been using Wayland daily for over a year now, and have noticed none of these problems.

levkk • Sep 11, 2025 • View on HN

Sure except Wayland doesn't work with nvidia so...

csomar • Sep 23, 2021 • View on HN

Are you using Wayland? If so, where the compatibility issues resolved? (that's one reason why I moved to AMD GPUs over Nvidia).

kmonsen • Aug 1, 2020 • View on HN

Also the Nvidia Wayland support is horrible.

karma_fountain • Sep 19, 2022 • View on HN

I have a GTX 970 and the Wayland experience was full of stuttering and glitchy windows. Had to install x11.

dijit • Jan 6, 2022 • View on HN

All of this is supported by wayland, caveat: nvidia and wayland do not play nicely at all.

neurostimulant • Aug 20, 2023 • View on HN

Wayland is less buggy on AMD and Intel.

tamimio • Dec 27, 2023 • View on HN

I use wayland and been for some time, never had an issue so far, so for me it’s perfect.