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FeepingCreature
9 days ago
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Measuring Input Latency on Linux: X11 vs. Wayland,...
You can also disable compositing conditionally in KDE, such as when a game window is opened.
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Chu4eeno
9 days ago
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Not in Wayland, the whole point of Wayland is to make stuff the X server + compositor + various other bits into the window manager.
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gf000
8 days ago
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For full-screen applications, Wayland has a protocol to let it display frames at its own pace - meant mostly for games for this very reason.
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FeepingCreature
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With X11, you can disable composition for windowed apps as well.
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