Thank you for this explanation On 16 September 2025 05:33:28 IST, Alexis <[email protected]> wrote: >Dale <[email protected]> writes: > >> While Wayland is installed here, I don't actively use it. I'm sure it >> is running since things are switching in that direction tho. > >Just to note, since this seems to be based on a common misunderstanding: > >Wayland is a protocol - and more loosely, a collection of protocols[a] - not a >server. There is no 'Wayland server' analogous to an X server. One doesn't >start 'Wayland' and then start a WM/DE; one starts a compositor, which can be >thought of as a combination of a server and a WM/DE. So it's possible to have >Wayland libraries on one's system that aren't used / 'running' until one >actively starts up a Wayland compositor. Their mere presence doesn't indicate >that there must be a Wayland session running, or that a Wayland session is >required to be running. > > >Alexis. > >[a] Cf. the Wayland Explorer, https://wayland.app/protocols/ >
Kind Regards Dr Felix Raekson
