[kwlug-disc] Wayland vs Xorg

[Chris Frey]

Your report mentioned a lot of audio issues.  Is Wayland that much
in the loop for audio?  I thought that was a pulseaudio thing.

Or is the distro just arranged differently and more effectively?

Thanks,
- Chris


On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 05:58:03PM -0800, Ron wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
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