Sway 1.7 is working towards release as another exciting update for this i3-inspired Wayland compositor. Sway 1.7-rc1 has improved zero-copy direct scanout support for full-screen windows thanks to integrating support for the Linux DMA-BUF surface feedback extension .
Sway 1.7 has also been working on support for virtual reality (VR) headsets via DRM leasing, tabs can now be dragged with the mouse, hit bit depth composition, Wayland-native urgency using xdg-activation-v1 protocol, and a variety of other improvements and new features.
Sway has also dropped its "--my-next-gpu-wont-be-nvidia" option that was previously needed for unsupported/experimental NVIDIA support. Given that NVIDIA's proprietary driver now supports the GBM API for more easily supporting Wayland compositors, they have dropped some hostility towards NVIDIA and instead renamed the "--my-next-gpu-wont-be-nvidia" option to "--unsupported-gpu". The NVIDIA proprietary driver usage will still not be officially supported but at least a more appropriate flag is now in place. Sway with NVIDIA's 495+ driver should largely play fine with the GBM path and better off than former EGLStreams support work.
Sway 1.7-rc1 is available for download via GitHub .