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nixos.manual: introduce Wayland section

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Co-Authored-By: Nicolas Berbiche <nicolas@normie.dev>
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nixos/doc/manual/configuration/configuration.xml
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<xi:include href="user-mgmt.xml" />
<xi:include href="file-systems.xml" />
<xi:include href="x-windows.xml" />
<xi:include href="wayland.xml" />
<xi:include href="gpu-accel.xml" />
<xi:include href="xfce.xml" />
<xi:include href="networking.xml" />

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<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
version="5.0"
xml:id="sec-wayland">
<title>Wayland</title>
<para>
While X11 (see <xref linkend="sec-x11"/>) is still the primary display
technology on NixOS, Wayland support is steadily improving.
Where X11 separates the X Server and the window manager, on Wayland those
are combined: a Wayland Compositor is like an X11 window manager, but also
embeds the Wayland 'Server' functionality. This means it is sufficient to
install a Wayland Compositor such as <package>sway</package> without
separately enabling a Wayland server:
<programlisting>
<xref linkend="opt-programs.sway.enable"/> = true;
</programlisting>
This installs the <package>sway</package> compositor along with some
essential utilities. Now you can start <package>sway</package> from the TTY
console.
</para>
</chapter>