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The problems with X go beyond just screen tearing. For example, it's possible for Xorg apps to spy on each other, such as reading keypresses when a user is ente
by ZenoArrow 10y ago
The problems with X go beyond just screen tearing. For example, it's possible for Xorg apps to spy on each other, such as reading keypresses when a user is entering a password.
- digi_owl 10y agoSomething that could have been eliminated without chucking the whole of X. A starting point is the Security extension that introduce the concept of trusted and untrusted X Clients. Thew basic thing is that different clients can see those inputs because they live inside the same root window. Give each a different root window and the issue "magically" disappears.
- ZenoArrow 10y agoYes, everything can be solved with more extensions, but that approach is part of why X became unwieldy in the first place.