Tearing protocol merged for XWayland. Wayland gets closer to being suitable for gaming purposes
Tearing protocol merged for XWayland. Wayland gets closer to being suitable for gaming purposes
gitlab.freedesktop.org xwayland: Implement wp_tearing_control_v1 (!665) · Merge requests · xorg / xserver · GitLab
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Many Linux users have cited Wayland's forced vsync as a blocker for gaming related scenarios. This patch adds tearing support into Xwayland!
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And here I am, having gamed on Wayland for years. :)
3 0 ReplySome people are more sensitive to input latency and frame stutter than others. Personally I think they're very important things to optimize for and make a big difference for how games feel and play on a platform.
2 0 ReplyOh yes, always good to have them improve it more and more. :)
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Let's go! Hella hype for this! 💞
2 0 ReplyLFG that was something I've been hoping got added! I'm not even a big gamer, but I like it when I do game.
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