Why are people pushing Wayland?  X works.  Why should anyone use 
Wayland?  What does it do that X doesn't do?


On 11/1/20 7:20 PM, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> Since my last (arch) system update, I can't seem to find any 
> screenshot tools that work anymore in kde.  Wondering if anyone has 
> any recommendations what works for them lately
>
> I've used spectacle from kde for like a decade now as one of my 
> favorite tools, and just as of a few months ago, it's gone to hell for 
> me, and just crashes if I try to take a screenshot of a selected 
> area.  Trying shutter recently from gnome, it sort of works at times, 
> other times tends to crash when trying to take a screenshot of a 
> selected area as well. I've tried some others I've already forgotten 
> the names of a while back, nothing seems to work anymore.
>
> I somewhat blame stupid wayland shenanigans in change, I'm not even 
> using wayland, but all the major kde news is about wayland, that seems 
> to just be bringing the whole thing down around their ankles.  
> Whatever kde is doing lately is just bringing it back 10 years in 
> stability.
>
> It's so hard to find good software these days.
>
> -mb
>
>
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