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SDL 3 will prefer Wayland Over X11, if certain protocols are available https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/sdl-3-will-prefer-wayland-over-x11-if-certain-protocols-are-available/

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SDL 3 will prefer Wayland Over X11, if certain protocols are available

Less than a week ago, SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) developers restarted the discussion regarding whether Wayland should be configured as the preferred over X11, but now Wayland will be sticking if certain Wayland protocols are available.
nwildner (GamingOnLinux)
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

David Amador
David Amador
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it used to be X11 on SDL2 right? As someone who's a bit newbie on Linux windows systems, but I want to know for game development purposes, how big a deal is this?
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

Raptor :gamedev:
Raptor :gamedev:
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to clarify for anyone who hasn't really followed this issue, this doesn't really change anything for you if you run pure wayland or pure x11, it's only a preference (that can be overridden by an environment variable) on systems that have both available (eg xwayland)

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