Chris's Wiki :: blog/unix/XDeathwatchStarts Commentshttps://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/XDeathwatchStarts?atomcommentsDWiki2019-07-05T18:23:18ZRecent comments in Chris's Wiki :: blog/unix/XDeathwatchStarts.By Ghost of Saint Pierre on /blog/unix/XDeathwatchStartstag:CSpace:blog/unix/XDeathwatchStarts:faae1030e40c7c3721801f4097bcb996915a8ef7Ghost of Saint Pierre<div class="wikitext"><p>Gnome/RH can say this now because they think they have sufficient leverage with Mutter in Wayland, and "abandoning" X, or the implicit threat of abandoning, will strengthen their position. It is not like there is a significant maintenance need for X if all you want is to keep your current 'desktop'. While Mir faded as an interesting (an afaict, technically superior) contender, there is still Arcan..</p>
</div>2019-07-05T18:23:18ZBy Wayland Shill on /blog/unix/XDeathwatchStartstag:CSpace:blog/unix/XDeathwatchStarts:ec3af65a9284ea475a4fe7cd7c8899b464efe233Wayland Shill<div class="wikitext"><p>Wayland will never replace X.org. It is flawed by design, and directly violates the Unix philosophy.</p>
</div>2019-07-04T17:46:44ZBy Aristotle Pagaltzis on /blog/unix/XDeathwatchStartstag:CSpace:blog/unix/XDeathwatchStarts:81a6a2540e639306ddec9f3a017a6eba0e435d24Aristotle Pagaltzishttp://plasmasturm.org/<div class="wikitext"><p>Did you know you are the top Google hit for [<code>fvwm wayland</code>]? I’m not sure what that means, but it doesn’t seem like a good sign…</p>
</div>2019-06-27T21:19:44ZBy Christopher Barts on /blog/unix/XDeathwatchStartstag:CSpace:blog/unix/XDeathwatchStarts:b4d45493c6a733cb1abfa769c96b3338b11b851dChristopher Barts<div class="wikitext"><p>There is XWayland, and apparently it will support handling the root window, not just application windows:</p>
<p><a href="https://wayland.freedesktop.org/xserver.html">https://wayland.freedesktop.org/xserver.html</a></p>
<p>The missing piece of the puzzle is Xweston, which apparently allows you to run window managers for X on Wayland:</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/ackalker/Xweston">https://github.com/ackalker/Xweston</a></p>
<p>or maybe xwlnest will work better:</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/gschwind/xwlnest">https://github.com/gschwind/xwlnest</a></p>
</div>2019-06-27T21:13:23Z