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its really not that hard. existing stuff make this a fairly easily solvable problem. all you need for a DE is basically the wayland server, an application laun
by jatone 5y ago
its really not that hard. existing stuff make this a fairly easily solvable problem.
all you need for a DE is basically the wayland server, an application launcher, system tray, and settings programs.
I've been building one myself over the last couple months on top of sway (so I don't even need the wayland server). and its day to day useable for myself. two/three solid dedicated engineers can build one fairly quickly (2 - 3years).
hardest part is the UI toolkit, and there are some reasonable choices in rust. they're young but decent bases to get started.
- Shared404 5y agoIn addition, based on the last time I looked at System76's Github, they have a lot of in house Rust talent already. This is including the guy doing Redox OS - which means there's even some experience writing a DE in Rust, though not a Linux DE.
- kaba0 5y agoAren’t most of the rust toolkits immediate mode ones? It is probably not the best idea for a DE that has to run 0-24, as that would kill the battery very very fast.