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Arch for an average user?
Do you mean for the average nerd? Arch is def not for an average internet or computer user.
Stop using x11. X11 is legacy.
Youc've got nvidia? Get a better system and don't complain that wayland dorsn't work. You've got the wrong thing. It's your fault, not waylands.
"Have a different computer" is such a terrible take
Waking and sleeping does not work properly with my RX6600+wayland either (MX Linux). So I think you are (besides being rude) also partially incorrect. I get Arch family is not for regular people, but otherwise I kind of think you need to rethink your comment.
You're right. I'm sorry for being rude. Recommending x11 over wayland isn't the right thing to do which is why I was too hasty.
Pretty sure it's Nvidia's fault for being so stingy with their driver code.
Wayland doesn't work with the hardware of a major vendor. That's totally Wayland's fault.
Afaik it's nvidia's fault.
Xorg works with Nvidia so Nvidia is proven to work.
imagine if nvidia started launching new graphic cards but they only developed drivers for Windows XP. No support for 7, 10 or 11.
So, the graphic cards work yeah. On a legacy system.
I do use vanilla arch but i never suggest anyone to use it because the amount of full system update necessary to prevent it from breaking, i always run sudo pacman -Syu after login and if a user don't have broadband connection then i don't think arch and gentoo linux are for them.