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makerofkillstreaks

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Registered: 2026-07-26

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xfwm4 VS xfwl4

I've went out of my way to set up xfwl4, the XFCE display compositor for Wayland, and it feels quite uncanny compared to good old Xorg.
XFWM4:

XFWL4:

If this thread gets a lot of replies, I'll even record myself using both compositors! I've heard that Wayland has become better than Xorg with no screen tearing, better DPI, better security, and etc. But it's still iffy on XFCE of course.

Added later 01 min 01 s:
Oh well, there's our first issue. The screenshot tool can't even screenshot the whole screen with xfwl4! Also, why is there text to represent workspaces? It just looks ugly.

eriefisher

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Re: xfwm4 VS xfwl4

Xfwl is far from a finished product and comparisons at this point is meaningless. Give it some time and I'm sure it will be wonderful.

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