Use wayland if possible on linux

electron/app/flags.ts

@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ function linuxSpecificFlags(): void {
   app.commandLine.appendSwitch('no-sandbox');
   app.commandLine.appendSwitch('disable-dev-shm-usage');
 
-  // Auto-detect Wayland vs X11 so the xdg-desktop-portal system picker
-  // works for screen capture on Wayland compositors
-  app.commandLine.appendSwitch('ozone-platform-hint', 'auto');
+  // Chromium chooses the Linux Ozone platform before Electron runs this file.
+  // The launch scripts pass `--ozone-platform=wayland` up front for Wayland
+  // sessions so the browser process selects the correct backend early enough.
 }
 
 function networkFlags(): void {

electron/ipc/system.ts

@@ -83,6 +83,57 @@ interface ClipboardFilePayload {
   path?: string;
 }
 
+function resolveLinuxDisplayServer(): string {
+  if (process.platform !== 'linux') {
+    return 'N/A';
+  }
+
+  const ozonePlatform = app.commandLine.getSwitchValue('ozone-platform')
+    .trim()
+    .toLowerCase();
+
+  if (ozonePlatform === 'wayland') {
+    return 'Wayland';
+  }
+
+  if (ozonePlatform === 'x11') {
+    return 'X11';
+  }
+
+  const ozonePlatformHint = app.commandLine.getSwitchValue('ozone-platform-hint')
+    .trim()
+    .toLowerCase();
+
+  if (ozonePlatformHint === 'wayland') {
+    return 'Wayland';
+  }
+
+  if (ozonePlatformHint === 'x11') {
+    return 'X11';
+  }
+
+  const sessionType = String(process.env['XDG_SESSION_TYPE'] || '').trim()
+    .toLowerCase();
+
+  if (sessionType === 'wayland') {
+    return 'Wayland';
+  }
+
+  if (sessionType === 'x11') {
+    return 'X11';
+  }
+
+  if (String(process.env['WAYLAND_DISPLAY'] || '').trim().length > 0) {
+    return 'Wayland';
+  }
+
+  if (String(process.env['DISPLAY'] || '').trim().length > 0) {
+    return 'X11';
+  }
+
+  return 'Unknown (Linux)';
+}
+
 function isSupportedClipboardFileFormat(format: string): boolean {
   return FILE_CLIPBOARD_FORMATS.some(
     (supportedFormat) => supportedFormat.toLowerCase() === format.toLowerCase()
@@ -194,6 +245,10 @@ async function readClipboardFiles(): Promise<ClipboardFilePayload[]> {
 }
 
 export function setupSystemHandlers(): void {
+  ipcMain.on('get-linux-display-server', (event) => {
+    event.returnValue = resolveLinuxDisplayServer();
+  });
+
   ipcMain.handle('open-external', async (_event, url: string) => {
     if (typeof url === 'string' && (url.startsWith('http://') || url.startsWith('https://'))) {
       await shell.openExternal(url);

electron/preload.ts

@@ -83,7 +83,24 @@ export interface DesktopUpdateState {
   targetVersion: string | null;
 }
 
+function readLinuxDisplayServer(): string {
+  if (process.platform !== 'linux') {
+    return 'N/A';
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const displayServer = ipcRenderer.sendSync('get-linux-display-server');
+
+    return typeof displayServer === 'string' && displayServer.trim().length > 0
+      ? displayServer
+      : 'Unknown (Linux)';
+  } catch {
+    return 'Unknown (Linux)';
+  }
+}
+
 export interface ElectronAPI {
+  linuxDisplayServer: string;
   minimizeWindow: () => void;
   maximizeWindow: () => void;
   closeWindow: () => void;
@@ -139,6 +156,7 @@ export interface ElectronAPI {
 }
 
 const electronAPI: ElectronAPI = {
+  linuxDisplayServer: readLinuxDisplayServer(),
   minimizeWindow: () => ipcRenderer.send('window-minimize'),
   maximizeWindow: () => ipcRenderer.send('window-maximize'),
   closeWindow: () => ipcRenderer.send('window-close'),