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It would need to be tested and properly integrated with x11vnc. As the goal is to move away from X11, it doesn't seem likely that they would invest time into that.

Besides, if you have x11, you can still use RealVNC.



> It would need to be tested and properly integrated with x11vnc.

True, although if you already have wayvnc that's like a day of work; AFAICT x11vnc and wayvnc are nearly drop-in replacements.

> As the goal is to move away from X11, it doesn't seem likely that they would invest time into that.

It may be the goal, but is it the present? All the articles I can find about the pi transition to wayland say it's the default for the pi 4 and 5 but not anything else. Which is consistent with

> First of all, Raspberry Pi Connect needs your Raspberry Pi to be running a 64-bit distribution of Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm that uses the Wayland window server. This in turn means that, for now, you’ll need a Raspberry Pi 5, Raspberry Pi 4, or Raspberry Pi 400.

but raises the obvious point that supporting X11 would be helpful to support earlier models. (Along with 32-bit support, which I also am surprised at them not including.)

> Besides, if you have x11, you can still use RealVNC.

And if you use wayland, you could just use wayvnc directly. The whole point is to wrap it up in a nice package and add just enough central server to deal with connectivity.




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