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Wayland. No screen tearing and it doubled my battery life.
No screen tearing out of the box is a huge plus for wayland. Makes recommending GNU/Linux much easier
hmm interested in the battery life comment. is this a thing? if I could push an extra 20 minutes or so I'd switch
Yes please go with details
Honestly, I have no clue. With DWM I had like 3-4 hrs at max and now I am using DWL for 6-8 hrs.
What is also noticeable, is that closing the lid puts the laptop actually into sleep. Because with DWM it continued using the battery as if it was actually used.
I am not advanced user enough to tell what exactly caused this.
I've also noticed a dramatic improvement in battery life with wayland. Been using it since F21 it's very efficient imo