With GNOME 3.10, it is possible to run a GNOME session as well as GNOME applications using Wayland. This support is experimental and is intended for testing purposes only. gnome-shell or applications running on Wayland may be unstable and could crash.

To run gnome-shell under Wayland, execute the following command in a terminal:

gnome-session --session=gnome-wayland

It is also possible to run individual applications on Wayland by specifying the GDK_BACKEND. Run the following command, substituting application-name for the name of the application's executable:

GDK_BACKEND=wayland application-name

If an application fails to run on Wayland, it will try to fall back to X11.

Further details about GNOME on Wayland can be found on the GNOME Wayland wiki page.