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Update window manager options in raspi-config documentation
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Fix Wayland backend description in raspi-config.adoc
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Expand Up @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ On the Raspberry Pi 4 and later, switch to the latest boot ROM software. Alterna

==== Wayland

Switch between the X11 and Wayland backends, and choose a window manager. Since Raspberry Pi OS _Bookworm_, all Raspberry Pi models run Wayland using labwc by default.
Switch between the X11 and Wayland backends. Since Raspberry Pi OS _Bookworm_, all Raspberry Pi models run Wayland using labwc by default.

NOTE: To use Wayland on Raspberry Pi models prior to Raspberry Pi 4 running a version of Raspberry Pi OS earlier than _Bookworm_, add `wayland=on` to `/boot/firmware/cmdline.txt`.

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==== Wayland

Switch between the X11 and Wayland backends, and choose a window manager. Since Raspberry Pi OS _Bookworm_, all Raspberry Pi models run Wayland using the labwc window manager by default.
Switch between the X11 and Wayland backends. Since Raspberry Pi OS _Bookworm_, all Raspberry Pi models run Wayland using the labwc window manager by default.

NOTE: To use Wayland on Raspberry Pi models prior to Raspberry Pi 4 running a version of Raspberry Pi OS earlier than _Bookworm_, add `wayland=on` to `/boot/firmware/cmdline.txt`.

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* `W1`: use the Openbox window manager with X11 backend
* `W2`: use the wayfire window manager with Wayland backend
* `W3`: use the labwc window manager with Wayland backend
* `W2`: use the labwc window manager with Wayland backend

==== Audio config

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