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> we plan to support Raspberry Pi OS desktop and apps via XWayland. I am not familiar with the Linux Ecosystem, so I don't understand what this really means. C

• Shared404 6y ago
  Yes, Linux apps should run natively. X is the display server on Linux for decades back, and XWayland is the compatibility layer for it built into the newer display server Wayland.
• opencl 6y ago
  It's just a Pi running ARM64 Linux. The default OS image that ships on the devices has their own touch UI shell which currently runs on EGLFS, which is basically an alternative to X or Wayland meant for embedded devices. So as it currently stands you can't run normal Linux apps in the default OS. They're supposedly porting it to Wayland which will allow normal Linux applications to run within their custom shell. Their shell is a relatively straightforward Qt Quick application so it shouldn't take a huge amount of work to port. Though the most recent commit was a little over a year ago[1] so who knows when it'll actually get finished. [1] https://github.com/cutiepi-io/cutiepi-shell/tree/wayland https://github.com/cutiepi-io/cutiepi-shell/tree/wayland