Hieron A. Soares medalzzz

Think twice before abandoning X11. Wayland breaks everything!

tl;dr: Wayland is not "the future", it is merely an incompatible alternative to the established standard with a different set of priorities and goals.

Wayland breaks everything! It is binary incompatible, provides no clear transition path with 1:1 replacements for everything in X11, and is even philosophically incompatible with X11. Hence, if you are interested in existing applications to "just work" without the need for adjustments, then you may be better off avoiding Wayland.

Wayland solves no issues I have but breaks almost everything I need. Even the most basic, most simple things (like xkill) - in this case with no obvious replacement. And usually it stays broken, because the Wayland folks mostly seem to care about Automotive, Gnome, maybe KDE - and alienating e

	So, you've probably gotten the new desktop client's UI if you're reading this and wondering how to revert the UI back to the classic look of Discord.
	This is pretty easy if followed properly, For context, this new UI is called the "Desktop Visual Refresh" and was experimented with by Discord from May 2024.

	Anyway, back to the actual guide.

	1. Download Vencord's installer from https://vencord.dev (This is the only official Vencord link!)
	2. Open the installer, install Vencord (It should show your Discord install path)
	3. Once installed, relaunch your Discord client and go to settings, you should see a "Vencord" category.
	4. Go to plugins, search for the plugin called "Experiments" and restart the Discord client.
	5. Go back to settings, scroll down in the menu and you should see alot of new options in the category "Developer Only"