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What is this? Is this like a new XWindows client/server where the web browser can act as the client?
by pmarreck 8y ago
What is this? Is this like a new XWindows client/server where the web browser can act as the client?
- tomjakubowski 8y agoWayland is a different display API and protocol altogether. It is an alternative to X, designed with modern graphics hardware in mind. https://wayland.freedesktop.org https://wayland.freedesktop.org
- kevin_b_er 8y agoAnd explicitly designed against remote desktop and remote windowing with an actively antagonistic view toward the concept.
- erik_seaberg 8y agoThey seem to be neglecting this showstopper (guys, the GPU is a lot more likely to be attached to the display than the app host!) but I don't believe they've announced any opposition.
- Avamander 8y agoThat also means screen recording is going to be just as or even more painful than it is on X11. Not really an encouraging thing for gaming, streaming and video-making on Linux and that's a huge pity.
- pmarreck 8y agoGiven that things seem to be moving back more towards client-server, this seems silly
- pzone 8y agoWithout Wayland support, Firefox running on a Wayland system would have to communicate through the XWayland shim server. Now its default configuration is to communicate directly with the Wayland server.