Anecdotal, but these &quot;compositor problems&quot; are not inherent to Linux or X11. I am extremely sensitive to things like tearing, and I can tell you it simply doesn&#x27;t occur on my linux machines (though it does require enabling a TearFree X11 option on my intel GPU).<p>Wayland, unfortunately, seems to be the type of project that  has been a year or two away from usability since its first release in 2012. I suspect we&#x27;ll be stuck with X11 for a while yet.