[kwlug-disc] Wayland vs Xorg

[Ron]

I made the switch recently, and have some things to report.


It's noticeably faster - a pleasant surprise.


Screen sharing via Nextcloud works, expecting Jitsi et al to work too.


Audio issues resolved:

I use OS-level microphone muting instead of app muting (Jitsi, 
Nextcloud, etc).

No longer are the hot-keys and mouse actions on widgets out of sync, 
leaving me unsure if I'm muted or not. Works 100% of the time.


The audio quality *seems* distinctly better in Nextcloud meetings.



Finally, an extremely odd issue where WebRTC sounded terrible with 
crackling and popping sounds *only when 3rd monitor* enabled is *gone*.

That took months to realize the sound was fixed when I disabled that 
monitor - now I don't have to do that. (YouTube audio was never an 
issue, just WebRTC.)



Final bonus: in YouTube, I will often add several / many videos to a 
playlist. When sorting the playlist on Xorg, dragging up was impossible 
- scrolling was too fast to find the right spot; it never worked.

I'd have to re-sort by dragging downwards only.

On Wayland, dragging thumbnails works perfectly in either direction.

Again, weird that these quirks are now resolved. I'd never have expected 
it; I thought it was a Firefox / YouTube / me problem.


I don't think I'll switch back to Xorg, even though I miss 
Xscreensaver's Matrix Rain.



I'm running KDEneon FWIW.