What is better to use, Wayland or x11?

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Hello Zorin community,
When I log in to the desktop using X11 and open Conky, the minimize and expand window buttons appear alongside the close button at the top.

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However, when logging in via Wayland and opening Conky, only the close button appears.
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Why is this happening? What will I lose if I switch permanently to an X11 session? Will all applications work on it? What is the highest RAM consumption threshold?

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Everything will Work.
X11 Is the standard stable Display Protocol.
Wayland is an experimental unstable Display Protocol.
There is much that does not work on Wayland, including Rermmina and Nvidia.

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When You are on Wayland, did You checked in gnome-tweaks if the Settings for the min/max/close Buttons are resetted? Maybe this happened because of the switch.

In common I would say: When you are using Zorin and a Nvidia Card X11 is the better Choice. Using Programs depends from the individual Program.

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Besides RAM
consumption being a bit higher in X11,
Also, regarding screenshots:
If I right-click on an empty space on the desktop and select the 'Take Screenshot' option from the context menu, or if I press the 'PrtScn' key on the keyboard,
The screenshot tool doesn't respond in this case.
However, in Wayland, everything works as expected.
Is this happening only on my system?

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I don't have the "Take Screenshot" option (I'm on 17.2 Core, maybe that's why), but the screenshot tool work fine for me under both Wayland and Xorg.

Can you install gnome-screenshot and try with that? Just to verify if it's an issue with screenshots in general, or just with the built-in utility. Note that you might need to launch it from the applications menu like any other app, as the keyboard shortcut is probably hard-coded already.