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> The compositor isn't supposed to draw anything, it just copies things to the frame buffer. Depends, some of us thinks that server side decorations are better

• phkahler 8y ago
  >> some of us thinks that server side decorations are better for security, because otherwise a client can fake the look of another client. If the decorations are done server-side then all applications will look the same anyway. Having said that, I think decorations probably are the job of the desktop environment since those are the things that a user manipulates at that level of abstraction. Moving, resizing, closing programs is a UI thing and an application really shouldn't know where it is within the desktop environment. That's actually a security concern IMHO.
  • renox 8y ago
    > If the decorations are done server-side then all applications will look the same anyway. Uh? You should read about QubesOS..