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I think most of the popular Linux distributions have been shipping rootless x11 for a few years now, too. Kernel Mode Setting was the big watershed feature.
by krakensden 10y ago
I think most of the popular Linux distributions have been shipping rootless x11 for a few years now, too. Kernel Mode Setting was the big watershed feature.
- peatmoss 10y agoInteresting, I hadn't known that. Canonical's site indicates that there's some nuance there depending on the video card model though: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Rootless https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Rootless Also interesting is that support for rootless (at least in Arch) depends on, or perhaps was facilitated by systemd: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#Rootless_Xorg_.28v1.16.29 https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#Rootless_Xorg_.28v... I don't pay as close attention to Linux developments as I should these days!