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Thaidog
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:48 pm    Post subject: Wayland >> Gentoo - anybody trying to get this working Reply with quote

So Wayland looks very interesting to me...

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~krh/wayland/tree/

Right now I'm working on a Linux gaming rig and it's blowing away my Vista and XP installs! I'm wondering how stupid fast it would be with Wayland running!!!

Anybody tried getting this new x server up and functional? I would be very interested!!!
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's not an X server and it's very much a playground prototype. It's not a drop in replacement, and it may not even end up being faster than X (contrary to popular belief, a lot of the reasons given for why X is sometimes slow are not actually reasons why X is slow).
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

widremann wrote:
It's not an X server and it's very much a playground prototype. It's not a drop in replacement, and it may not even end up being faster than X (contrary to popular belief, a lot of the reasons given for why X is sometimes slow are not actually reasons why X is slow).


I guess we'll find out... I submitted an e-mail to Redhat inquiring about it. I know one of the developers there. I'll be sure to post something if I here anything.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thaidog wrote:
widremann wrote:
It's not an X server and it's very much a playground prototype. It's not a drop in replacement, and it may not even end up being faster than X (contrary to popular belief, a lot of the reasons given for why X is sometimes slow are not actually reasons why X is slow).


I guess we'll find out... I submitted an e-mail to Redhat inquiring about it. I know one of the developers there. I'll be sure to post something if I here anything.

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~krh/wayland/tree/NOTES

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http://hoegsberg.blogspot.com/2008/11/premature-publicity-is-better-than-no.html

This should tell you all you need to know about its status.
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