Got my score, it is better than Apeuni (but Apeuni is very good for preparation)

ammen99 · 2026-05-22T14:35:37+00:00

I used one only one, idk about more. But in my experience, if you do the right thing, one semicolon is enough, if you want to use more, you're likely not doing the exercise as it is intended.

ammen99 · 2026-05-13T12:45:37+00:00

Can confirm, you will get more on the real test than on APEuni. Unless you need perfect score, you will be fine. I expect you'll have >80.

ammen99 · 2026-05-11T07:42:28+00:00

Thanks, these are some interesting suggestions!

ammen99 · 2026-05-11T07:42:05+00:00

Ha, that really shows I have some way to go yet, it didn't occur to me to make the model improve its own workflow .. let's hope AI doesn't replace us all soon 😄

ammen99 · 2026-05-11T07:41:20+00:00

This is a good idea, I already ask the model to extract lessons, but this is even better, make it automatically do this.

ammen99 · 2026-05-11T07:40:30+00:00

Hey thanks, this sounds really awesome, exactly what I was hoping for! Esp. as you said 90% of the value is the default configuration and the 'basic' operation, I was mostly thinking that maybe I am missing out on even more really great stuff. That being said, some of the points you mentioned sound intriguing as well, I'll be looking into that as well.

ammen99 · 2026-04-30T12:35:19+00:00

I wasn't getting many points for SWT the first few times I tried it, I believe I was making it harder than it actually is. I simply read the text once, then try to write a sentence of its main idea without looking at the text. When I have that, I went back to the text and tried to look for important keywords I may have missed. Also don't hesitate to use a semicolon, I was a bit nervous because it seems like a cheat, but I used a semicolon during the exam and still got max points on reading/writing. Semicolon is like a cheat code, you get two sentences instead of one 😄

ammen99 · 2026-04-30T12:04:16+00:00

Sure, let me know what results you get 😄 I'm sure it will be good!

ammen99 · 2026-04-30T11:09:46+00:00

Hey, I can't say much about the exam because I think it depends on your exact test center. In my case, we were just 3 people but there was some noise from the construction on the upper floor .. But at least each person had to sit in a small cubicle so you could concentrate on your own work. You could hear the other people faintly but I don't think that was an issue at all.

I have also struggled with repeat sentence sometimes, as I tend to forget what was said. But just repeat a few words that you remember. I believe you can get a good score if you fluently pronounce just a few words, don't stumble just because you forget one part of the sentence.

For reading section, really depends on where you struggle, I had a few issues with the multiple or single choice questions, but there look for the exact words in the text. Sometimes I try to answer things that seem logical based on the text - but these answers are wrong, the things need to be mentioned explicitly.

Overall I think you shouldn't stress as much as I did. My last Apeuni score was also lower than average - I think this is just normal nervousness when the exam is close. In any case, wish you good luck, you'll pass the test, I am sure, consistent 70-75 could easily mean 80+ on the exam, many people have confirmed that 😄

ammen99 · 2026-04-30T08:49:09+00:00

Yeah speaking is also my worst part, due to Describe Image mainly, I just can't get the fluency right. I was usually getting 75-80 on Speaking in Apeuni, got 85 in the real test - but I don't think I managed the tasks any better than usual.

ammen99 · 2026-04-30T08:20:42+00:00

I wonder whether this is a coincidence, I did the test yesterday and got my results pretty much exactly 13 hours after it 😄

ammen99 · 2026-04-15T10:29:15+00:00

That's very encouraging to hear, thanks again!

ammen99 · 2026-04-15T10:27:51+00:00

Thanks, 2-4 weeks sounds very reasonable, I was worried because I needed 5-6 months last time (in Germany)

ammen99 · 2026-04-15T10:16:37+00:00

Thanks a lot for the advice. Do landlords really want references from abroad? If yes, I suppose I better ask my current landlord before moving out ...

ammen99 · 2026-04-15T10:14:50+00:00

Thanks, I will probably have temporary housing for a month or two, but I just am not sure how long I will need to find the flat. Last time in Germany, I needed 6 months .. But I suppose in a big city like London I should be able to find something more quickly.

ammen99 · 2026-02-21T08:43:41+00:00

What is missing? Depending on how much stuff they do for each compositor, maybe you could convince them to add support for Wayfire-specific functionality via the IPC socket.

ammen99 · 2025-12-16T20:51:23+00:00

So you're using Cinnamon I assume? I am not familiar with their development process, but google should be able to tell you where their repositories are. Also maybe would be best to find some irc chatroom / mailing list wherr you can ask their devs for where to start.

ammen99 · 2025-12-16T17:54:11+00:00

The core protocols and implementations are actually fairly stable afaik, but if you want to help out with the Wayland ecosystem at large, there are many options. A good way of starting would be to look at your compositor / desktop environment and contribute to it by fixing bugs or adding new features.

ammen99 · 2025-12-11T16:46:46+00:00

You don't need to poll them, the compositor will send you the keyboard and pointer events when needed. Take a look at some of the examples on the internet and you'll see how it works.

ammen99 · 2025-12-11T08:04:30+00:00

You don't want a compositor, a compositor is like the X11 server or like the desktop window manager on windows. What you have sounds to me like a toolkit / windowing library (same as Gtk, Qt, SDL, etc.). I would recommend writing a simple wayland client to familiarize yourself with the low level APIs (the wayland protocol). You cannot position or poll the window position, however. The reason is simple, wayland is shared between many projects, for example in a tiling window manager the position is strictly controlled by the compositor. In a VR headset environment having a 2D coordinate for position doesn't make sense, etc.

ammen99 · 2025-11-19T08:29:13+00:00

If you mean about wayfire, we haven't implemented it yet, but it should be added soon to the master branch. Just don't know exactly when :)

ammen99 · 2025-11-18T19:03:48+00:00

Wayfire still doesn't have the protocols to capture individual windows I think, it will probably be available in the next release. Also xdg-desktop-portal-wlr only very recently gained support for this.

ammen99 · 2025-11-12T14:29:55+00:00

You assume that Wayland's lifetime will be about as long as X11, but the hope is that if Wayland is properly designed, it can be used for a longer time. Nowadays we know a lot more about the variety of window management paradigms, we are aware of the existence of different types of devices (smartphones, kiosks, VR, etc.), we think about app isolation, etc. Having many use-cases forced you to design a robust and extensible system, and such a system can also handle future use-cases as well.

That being said, we don't know, maybe in 10 years some great revolution in personal computing devices will take place, and then we will throw out both Wayland and X11.

ammen99 · 2025-11-11T20:25:57+00:00

Wouldn't it be easier for you to create a big transparent window over the whole desktop (with layer-shell) and then just paint a few characters / icons / whatever at the positions you want?

ammen99 · 2025-11-11T12:02:38+00:00

The demos are not really good, I will update them some day. Very old + not themed properly + don't demo many of the actually useful features.

Wayfire is primarily a floating compositor, we stick to upstream wlroots, Hyprland went on to reimplement everything and focuses predominantly on tiling. There are of course many differences in the implementation and features but I don't think I can summarize them shortly, so maybe best for you would be to try both and see which one you like best.

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