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Clarify doc to say we only support 1 wlroots release, not always lateset
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m-col committed Feb 18, 2023
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Qtile can be run as a Wayland compositor rather than an X11 window manager. For
this, Qtile uses wlroots_, a compositor library which is undergoing fast
development. This means we can only support the latest release. Be aware that
some distributions package outdated versions of wlroots. More up-to-date
distributions such as Arch Linux may also package pywayland, pywlroots and
python-xkbcommon.
development. This means we can only support one release (typically the latest
release, unless wlroots cut a release recently and we're still catching up). Be
aware that some distributions package outdated versions of wlroots. More
up-to-date distributions such as Arch Linux may also package pywayland,
pywlroots and python-xkbcommon.

With the Wayland dependencies in place, Qtile can be run either from a TTY, or
within an existing X11 or Wayland session where it will run inside a nested
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