I’ve recently got Void Linux running on an old laptop of mine. I’ve temporarily installed Qtile so I can run a web browser, but my aim is to use a Wayland compositor. (I know Qtile can be run under Wayland. It doesn’t work on my end.)
I’ve narrowed my choices down to 6 options:
- Weston
- Wayfire
- Enlightenment
- Hikari
- River
- LabWC
Which do you think would be best?
Hum never heard about the wlroots nonstandard extensions, always thought they are following the protocol word by word… Going to search for those security implications.
The really short version is that the Wayland designers are still debating how to best allow clients to do certain things like intercept key presses or take screenshots in a safe way. The makers of wlroots on which Sway is based got tired of waiting for a standard and safe way to do those things and added their own insecure and nonstandard APIs for allowing that.
That said, X11’s way of doing those (and many other) things is if anything more insecure than wlroots’ way.