So, basically, Wayland doesn't allow something really insecure where the
whole GUI and everything has root privileges, so it doesn't allow
insecure applications to gain root access, however a program can be
easily adapted (depending on how it's written) in order to be secure and
then you will be able to run it as normal under Wayland. For instance
etherape recently got adapted and you just have to now run it like so
"sudo etherape -Z username" and then it runs in a way Wayland finds
secure and thus it runs as normal as a GUI program but it just runs the
GUI as the normal specified user and only the necessary components as
root.

Anyway, has GParted upstream released a fix for this? Programs just have
to match the new security standards in order to run. That's all, they
will have to change and then your experience will be fine again. But I
don't think you're going to be able to lessen the Wayland standards,
instead take this up with the other developers so that they make their
programs meet those standards.

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