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KDE Plasma going all-in on Wayland and will drop the X11 session completely
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May I ask why? Is there a feature you need that doesn't work?
Just curious, I've been using Wayland on Plasma for awhile now with no issues.
It's a weird-ass issue where Nvidia+Wayland prevents me from playing RuneScape. The only thing that works is switching to X11.
AFAIK, XFCE is X11 by default
For now. They're experimenting with labwc, a Wayland compositor. It's pretty solid already despite being very early on.
I honestly don't know enough to know why it works :/ My choices on Garuda Linux right now are Plasma with Wayland or Plasma with X11.
I am not good at computer lol
Is it like a browser game?
If not, are you using the native build or a wine version?
It needs a client. How the client works, I am not sure. This is the client I run. 😅
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bolt-launcher?all_deps=1#pkgdeps
A developer told me on their Discord that it's a Nvidia+Wayland issue they can not fix.
Switching to a Plasma+X11 session it works flawlessly.
Are you on a laptop?
Also, it seems like Jagex recommends launching it through this:
https://support.runescape.com/hc/en-gb/articles/33992563142673-Downloading-the-Jagex-Launcher-on-Linux
With the official launcher (though Proton) as an option: https://github.com/TormStorm/jagex-launcher-linux
Not using a laptop, no.
The solution from TormStorm is to use either AdamCake's Bolt (which I'm doing now), or https://github.com/nmlynch94/com.jagexlauncher.JagexLauncher.
The one by nmlynch94 seems to use a Flatpak through Wine. This is a problem because I'm running out of space on my system partition, and it won't let me install the actual game on another drive.
Another solution is to use the Steam version which runs via Proton, but the problem there is that one locks to one character. I want the option to play multiple, which the Jagex launcher and Bolt does.
Clarification for non-players: I want the RS3 client, not OldSchool or RuneLite. OSRS and RuneLite are apparently easier to get working :/
Not OP but I've got exactly one thing that doesn't work on Wayland that works on X11. For whatever reason, Streaming Oblivion Remastered from Steam on my Linux desktop to my TV will not show video in Wayland, but does in X11. It's literally the only reason I've got X11
I mean... you could just not play oblivion?
No judgment but that game is old af and I don't recall it being all that great
The remaster just came out this year, and Oblivion is loved by a lot of people. I replay it every couple years. Regardless, old games are very much still worth experiencing.
Cool. Like. Taste is subjective. I have no issue in principal for people liking and playing the game.
It seems like an odd hill to die on though. Basing the choice of your OS around that one game seems extreme.
I'm not judging. Like. Anyone that isn't using Hannah Montana Linux is pretty much human garbage anyway, so to each their own.
I don't base the choice of my OS on being able to play one game. KDE is a DE, not an OS. X11 is a ~~window manager~~ protocol, not an OS. Almost always, I will use a Wayland (another ~~window manager~~ protocol) session, but to play Oblivion streamed to my TV, I have to switch to an X11 session. The guy asked for any features that aren't compatible with Wayland. I have one that I keep X11 around for, so I gave it. Given that you don't even seem to understand what you are arguing, I'm confused why you piped in with probably the stupidest "solution" to my use case.