Gentoo on a frame.work 16 laptop

Posted Jan 16, 2026 9:57 UTC (Fri) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: Gentoo on a frame.work 16 laptop by anton
Parent article: Gentoo looks back on 2025

> What I have read about is that X Window managers don't work in Wayland. I don't use the laptop much, so I just use the Gnome nonsense that Ubuntu gives me by default, but on my desktop, I have a twm setup with >30 years of history, and I am not keen on switching. Especially: Where will I get a replacement that works the same way across decades?

Wayback.

It's been discussed elsewhere in the last few days, but basically all the drivers in "full fat X" have been ripped out of XWayland because they're also in the kernel. So XWayland sits on top of a Wayland compositor and enables you to run X applications. Which is why it won't let you run an X DE.

Wayback is, I think, a Wayland compositor who's sole purpose is to run X DEs.

I don't use it - you'll need to dig for yourself - but that's where you need to look.

Cheers,
Wol