[ale] Weird window-manager shenanigans on debian 12...

[Ron]

William Wylde via Ale wrote on 2025-09-18 19:39:

> Yeah, I think I've figured out what happened.  Something "updated" and 
> set wayland as the default graphical UI system.

That's interesting - something to watch out for. Thanks for updating us 
on what you found.



> I just installed KDE.

Excellent choice.  I kinda hated KDE plasma 5 when it first came out, 
but it got *really* nice. And now they're at plasma v6. I love it and 
it's made me lose any nostalgia I had for OS/2.



One app that just doesn't get enough recognition is KDEconnect, which is 
also available for other platforms.

It integrates one's mobile devices into the desktop / laptop as tightly 
as a keyboard and mouse are.


It's wonderful to have a clipboard that can be shared between desktop & 
phone & laptop.

Or to right-click a web page and "Open on Device..." and it opens on the 
phone.

To send a URL from Firefox on laptop via SMS.

To see who's calling before even reaching for the phone in one's pocket 
thanks to a pop-up notification on desktop.

To read and reply to a text message from the desktop while the phone's 
still in a pocket.

etc. ad nauseam.  A true "killer app".



> I'm tired of messing with it.  And it imported my 
> LXQT desktop settings with no problem...

Nice, I had no idea it could do that.


> so wayland it is, I guess.

It's the future and apparently coming along nicely. I'm still using X11 
but found myself in Wayland on a new install a while back and didn't 
realize it for weeks - everything just worked™. Until I tried to 
screen-share.

Maybe that's fixed now.


> dag-nabbit.

Bonus of using Wayland: a Discord app (for example) can't read the 
inputs to your bank's URL when entering account number and password.

Under X11, that's impossible to prevent, and in 2025 kinda shockingly 
bad security.


Another potential benefit - if you have 2 monitors of different DPI 
capabilities, Wayland should make them both look good instead of hacks 
to make scaling some fractional number that's okay on both.