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Ubuntu 24.10 to Default to Wayland for Nvidia Users
Ubuntu first switched to using Wayland as its default display server in 2017 before reverting the following year. It tried again in 2021 and has stuck
But while Wayland is what most of is now login to after installing Ubuntu, anyone doing so on a PC or laptop with an NVIDIA graphics card present instead log in to an Xorg/X11 session. This is because NVIDIA’s proprietary graphics drivers (which many, especially gamers, opt for to get the best performance, access to full hardware capabilities, etc) have not supported Wayland as well as as they could’ve. As interim (aka short-term releases) are designed to function as a ‘test bed’ for substantive changes planned for future long-term support (LTS) releases, the soon that switch happens, the more real-world testing, fixing, and all the rest that can happen.
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