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This is great. X11 needs to die in modern DEs so we can all move to Wayland for good.
Fix the issues with wayland so that we are all able to use it, before forcing us to move for "our good".
In my experience, most of the issues with wayland are caused by ~~applications~~ software not supporting it. If we enter a wayland-only world, developers are pushed towards supporting wayland.
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It's not GNOME's or wayland's fault that Nvidia refuses to fix their drivers.
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You are correct in saying that there are still several problems in both Wayland (e.g. lack of drawing tablet support) and mutter (e.g. tearing protocol non yet implemented). But then you proceed to list problems that are Nvidia's fault.
The first is weird, but it probably depends on Nvidia's kernel driver.
The second is probably a synchronization issue, so it's probably due to Nvidia refusing to implement implicit sync, and explicit sync not being yet supported in Linux. But don't quote me on that.
Vulkan should work. But video acceleration is definitely absent, and is listed by Nvidia itself among current driver limitations. Try this.
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Choice is good, but progress always beats choice eventually. That's just how it is.