this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2025
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[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 60 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 51 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 4 days ago

but it doesn’t work perfectly, xeyes through XWayland only follows your cursor if it’s hovering another XWayland window

which makes it a fun way to see which apps use XWayland tho!

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 34 points 4 days ago

KDE has you covered. Someone made an applet that works on Wayland too: https://github.com/luisbocanegra/plasma-cursor-eyes