I’ve been on Wayland for the past two years exclusively (Nvidia).
I thought it was okay for the most part but then I had to switch to an X session recently. The experience felt about the same. Out of curiosity, I played a couple of games and realized they worked much better. Steam doesn’t go nuts either.
Made me think maybe people aren’t actually adopting it that aggressively despite the constant coverage in the community. And that maybe I should just go back.
I’ve been using Hyprland for about 2 years. I did have some issues with screen sharing (teams, discord) and some steam games (non native, with proton) need some extra launch parameters, but they all work now. Over time I was able to fix all the little issues. For me Hyprland is a daily driver, but I like to tinker. I can see how this is not for everyone.
May I ask how you solved the screen sharing problems? Also do you use keybinds for apps such as discord? When I tried Hyprland none of them were working.
Hey, sorry for the late reply.
I remember installing
xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland
instead ofxdg-desktop-portal
, and in myhyprland
config I have:exec-once = dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd WAYLAND_DISPLAY XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP exec-once = systemctl --user import-environment WAYLAND_DISPLAY XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
I can’t remember everything I tried… I didn’t keep track. I’ve been using this setup for close to 3 years now…
I know that for Ferdium I used the extra params
--ozone-platform=wayland --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform
, but I think it doesn’t need them anymore (I use it for Teams and other chat apps with screensharing).For Discord I use Webcord, which works just fine, also with screen sharing, I didn’t have to do anything.
When it comes to key bindings, here’s my working setup:
# binds $mainMod = SUPER $lock = playerctl --player=mpd,firefox,mpv -a pause ; ~/.config/hypr/scripts/swaylock bind = $mainMod, Q, killactive, bind = $mainMod SHIFT, Q, exit, bind = $mainMod, X, exec, $lock # lock bind = $mainMod, RETURN, exec, alacritty bind = $mainMod SHIFT, RETURN, exec, alacritty -t scratchpad --class scratchpad bind = $mainMod, E, exec, nemo bind = $mainMod, W, exec, firefox bind = $mainMod, R, exec, rofi -show drun --allow-images bind = $mainMod SHIFT, E, exec, wofi-emoji bind = $mainMod, P, pseudo, # dwindle bind = $mainMod SHIFT, Space, togglefloating, bind = $mainMod, F, fullscreen, 1 # maximize window bind = $mainMod SHIFT, F, fullscreen, 0 # fullscreen bind = $mainMod, S, exec, grim -g "$(slurp)" - | wl-copy # screenshot selection to clipboard bind = $mainMod SHIFT, S, exec, grim -g "$(slurp)" - | swappy -f - # screenshot selection and open in swappy bind = $mainMod SHIFT, R, exec, wf-recorder -a -g "$(slurp)" -f "${HOME}/$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%m-%s).mkv" -c h264_vaapi -d /dev/dri/renderD128 &>/dev/null # screenrecord bind = ,XF86AudioMute, exec, pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle binde = ,XF86AudioLowerVolume, exec, pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -2% binde = ,XF86AudioRaiseVolume, exec, pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +2% bind = ,XF86AudioMicMute, exec, pactl set-source-mute @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ toggle binde = ,XF86MonBrightnessUp, exec, light -A 5 binde = ,XF86MonBrightnessDown, exec, light -U 5 # resize windows binde = $mainMod, left, resizeactive, -40 0 binde = $mainMod, right, resizeactive, 40 0 binde = $mainMod, up, resizeactive, 0 -40 binde = $mainMod, down, resizeactive, 0 40 # move focus bind = $mainMod, h, movefocus, l bind = $mainMod, l, movefocus, r bind = $mainMod, k, movefocus, u bind = $mainMod, j, movefocus, d # move windows bind = $mainMod SHIFT, h, movewindow, l bind = $mainMod SHIFT, l, movewindow, r bind = $mainMod SHIFT, k, movewindow, u bind = $mainMod SHIFT, j, movewindow, d # switch workspaces bind = $mainMod, 1, workspace, 1 bind = $mainMod, 2, workspace, 2 bind = $mainMod, 3, workspace, 3 bind = $mainMod, 4, workspace, 4 bind = $mainMod, 5, workspace, 5 bind = $mainMod, 6, workspace, 6 bind = $mainMod, 7, workspace, 7 bind = $mainMod, 8, workspace, 8 bind = $mainMod, 9, workspace, 9 bind = $mainMod, 0, workspace, 10 # move windows to workspace without switching (silent) bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 1, movetoworkspacesilent, 1 bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 2, movetoworkspacesilent, 2 bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 3, movetoworkspacesilent, 3 bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 4, movetoworkspacesilent, 4 bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 5, movetoworkspacesilent, 5 bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 6, movetoworkspacesilent, 6 bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 7, movetoworkspacesilent, 7 bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 8, movetoworkspacesilent, 8 bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 9, movetoworkspacesilent, 9 bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 0, movetoworkspacesilent, 10 # move/resize windows with LMB/RMB bindm = $mainMod, mouse:272, movewindow bindm = $mainMod, mouse:273, resizewindow # scroll through existing workspaces bind = $mainMod, mouse_down, workspace, e+1 bind = $mainMod, mouse_up, workspace, e-1 # switch workspace with mouse back/fw buttons bind = $mainMod, mouse:276, workspace, m+1 bind = $mainMod, mouse:275, workspace, m-1 bind = $mainMod SHIFT,up,focusmonitor,u bind = $mainMod SHIFT,down,focusmonitor,d binde = $mainMod, TAB, workspace, previous