I built a device to measure end-to-end input latency, then used it to find out what actually moves the needle.

Really cool research. Overall, X11 still wins compared to Wayland(kwin) but only by 0.14 - 0.22 ms. The really bad performance hit is from XWayland which added 3.13 ms.

  • Grass@sh.itjust.works
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    4 hours ago

    I will absolutely notice it in rhythm games, but everything else my brain auto compensates and I don’t even notice