Xorg vs Wayland?
Xorg vs Wayland?
GNOME operates via Wayland or X11 based on the configuration in GDM, with Wayland as the default unless NVIDIA is involved. Within a Wayland session, if an application depends on X11, it transitions to a xwayland session underneath Wayland. This ensures compatibility with older software.
Similar to most older software, I've encountered legacy code that's only six years old. It's a massive file nobody wanted to work with. I can only picture what three decades ago looked like—heavier, but also more powerful and packed with features. Would you prefer playing video games from the 1990s that run in 2D, with low resolution and limited color, but require less than 100MB of memory, or the current high-end games with stunning 3D graphics, 4K resolution, and advanced effects but demand over 10GB of your card's memory?