[opensuse] Passing to Wayland display server
Hi List, I heard that Ubuntu is next to switch to Wayland display server for future releases and that will drop X server. What about openSUSE gurus opinion about that; is there a similar forecast in SUSE world as well? Cheers, -- Marco Calistri <marco.calistri@yahoo.com.br>
Marco Calistri wrote:
Hi List,
I heard that Ubuntu is next to switch to Wayland display server for future releases and that will drop X server.
According to wikipedia, Shuttleworth said "... that unspecified future versions of Ubuntu (not 11.04) will use Wayland as the display server".
What about openSUSE gurus opinion about that; is there a similar forecast in SUSE world as well?
Why not, it's perfectly safe forecast to make. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6.7°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Am Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:36:02 +0100 schrieb Per Jessen <per@opensuse.org> :
Wayland
MeeGo already uses Wayland -- mit freundlichen Gruessen/best regards Pirmin Braun seat-1 Software GmbH - Sinziger Str. 29a - 53424 Remagen +49(0)2642 308288 +49(0)163-6290887 - skype:pirminb Fax +49(0)2642 308626 http://www.seat-1.com pb@seat-1.com http://sourceforge.net/projects/intars Geschäftsführer: Pirmin Braun, Ralf Engelhardt Registergericht: Amtsgericht Coburg HRB3136 ein Unternehmen der MAX21 Gruppe - http://www.max21.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Per Jessen wrote:
Marco Calistri wrote:
Hi List,
I heard that Ubuntu is next to switch to Wayland display server for future releases and that will drop X server.
According to wikipedia, Shuttleworth said "... that unspecified future versions of Ubuntu (not 11.04) will use Wayland as the display server".
What about openSUSE gurus opinion about that; is there a similar forecast in SUSE world as well?
Why not, it's perfectly safe forecast to make.
Thanks for the interesting thread. I hadn't heard of Wayland. It's a complete non-starter for me since it doesn't offer network transparency. And I haven't found any need or desire for a compositing window manager yet. (yes, of course it could be running underneath whatever is providing my network transparency) My 2p Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:30:04 +0000 Dave Howorth <dhoworth@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
Thanks for the interesting thread. I hadn't heard of Wayland. here's a summary of what's going on: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Ubuntu-will-weg-von-X11-1131824.html it's a hot topic, 1000+ comments
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On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 14:30 +0000, Dave Howorth wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
Marco Calistri wrote:
Hi List,
I heard that Ubuntu is next to switch to Wayland display server for future releases and that will drop X server.
According to wikipedia, Shuttleworth said "... that unspecified future versions of Ubuntu (not 11.04) will use Wayland as the display server".
What about openSUSE gurus opinion about that; is there a similar forecast in SUSE world as well?
Why not, it's perfectly safe forecast to make.
Thanks for the interesting thread. I hadn't heard of Wayland.
It's a complete non-starter for me since it doesn't offer network transparency. And I haven't found any need or desire for a compositing window manager yet.
(yes, of course it could be running underneath whatever is providing my network transparency)
So, it provides an X API/ABI? Or will GTK/Qt etc all get rewritten against a new API? Rewriting them to be Wayland clients would be no small task! I see that there is a QT port. The nice little lines drawn from the Wayland Compositor in the second chart do not have X anything at the other end. OTOH, if the real use scenario is really the final chart, what is really changed? One compositor is replaced with another. The X server and X clients still exist. The difference is the connection between the compositor and the kernel. Perhaps the wayland method is faster/cleaner? -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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