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As predicted, we will re-invent X11 one feature at a time. Maybe someday soon a Wayland window will be able to know its own screen position.
by bandrami 8mo ago
As predicted, we will re-invent X11 one feature at a time. Maybe someday soon a Wayland window will be able to know its own screen position.
- fc417fc802 8mo agoLast I checked the idealists weren't even willing to commit to a virtual 2D rectangular grid of pixels of arbitrary width and height. I think we'll be waiting a while (or more likely using a soft fork of the spec).
- bandrami 8mo agoAh, but now instead of one old difficult-to-maintain way of allowing an application to draw on a rectangle on the screen, we have five (and counting!) new and somewhat incompatible ways to do it. Progress.
- fc417fc802 8mo agoDon't worry, I will personally see to solving this problem once and for all. https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/
- Sharlin 7mo agoI'm sure we'll shift to hex-grid displays any day now. After all, hexagons are bestagons.
- pjmlp 7mo agoExcept that it won't matter any longer, for most folks GNU/Linux is good enough as headless operating system for embedded and server deployment. Anything else will be taken by derivatives like Android, ChromeOS, or the VMs on top of Windows/macOS.