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There are no problems with running Vulkan applications on X11. You must confuse something here - wlroots recently got a Vulkan backend, meaning you can run it
by pantalaimon 5y ago
There are no problems with running Vulkan applications on X11.
You must confuse something here - wlroots recently got a Vulkan backend, meaning you can run it on top of Vulkan API.
It has nothing to do with what Graphics API the clients will use.
- Seirdy 5y agoI was referring to the fact that OpenGL is becoming a second class citizen among the silicon giants, with more attention being drawn to Vulcan/Metal/etc. Now that sway supports a Vulcan backend, it won't be left in the dust stuck on OpenGL. I'm not aware of GNOME or KDE having similar improvements on their X backends or the same happening for X WMs.
- vidarh 5y agoX WMs do not have anything to do with rendering. The conflation of the server/compositor with the window management is a Wayland thing, and one of the big regressions in flexibility that current Wayland compositors bring. You may be confusing X WMs with the X server or with the toolkits rendering backends.