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README: document current wayland screensharing status
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csett86 authored Sep 5, 2023
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* If you can't execute the file directly after downloading it, try running `chmod u+x ./jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage`

* Under wayland, screensharing is currently buggy:
* The app will crash on stopping screensharing
* When trying to start screensharing under wayland, 2 permission popups will show up. In both, something needs to be allowed, then in the following jitsi-internal selector, be quick (<2 seconds) to select a screen or application to start the screensharing. If you take longer, then the permission pupups will come again. If you cancel one of the permission popups, screensharing cannot be started successfully. These issues are known to the electron project and currently a limitation of electron under wayland. Use a browser to share your screen with wayland. X11 is not affected by this.
* Sharing fullscreen is not supported at the moment
* When trying to start screensharing under wayland, 2 permission popups will show up. First a pipewire based system selector, then a jitsi internal selector. In the following jitsi-internal selector, be quick (<2 seconds) to select an application to start the screensharing. If you take longer, then the first permission pupup will come again.
* Use a browser to share your screen with wayland. X11 is not affected by this.

* On Ubuntu 22.04, the AppImage will fail with a fuse error (as the AppImage uses `libfuse2`, while 22.04 comes with `libfuse3` by default):

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