Quick Answer: What Does Ubuntu on Wayland Mean?
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Wayland is a new protocol that enables 3D compositors to be used as primary display servers, instead of running the 3D compositor as an extension under the (2D) X.org display server. Or, in layman’s terms, it assumes you’re using a 3D desktop from the start, instead of bolting on 3D capabilities to an 2D framework.

What is Ubuntu for Wayland?

The upcoming Ubuntu 21.04 release will use Wayland as its default display server. … Ubuntu developers made Wayland the default session in Ubuntu 17.10 (which was, notably, the first version of the system to use the GNOME Shell desktop).

Is Ubuntu on Wayland good?

The Ubuntu 21.04 desktop experience with Wayland has been quite good from testing on this system and numerous other test systems in recent weeks at Phoronix.

Sophia Al-Mansoor

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