@canadianbryan @morgant @kint @royal @spaceraser @ianthetechie

Ah, I get that, and I do understand that binary compatibility != kernel compatibility, which is what's really needed for Wayland to work without a lot of porting work.

Is #Arcan ever going to be used as a display server? I'm still not clear on what it actually *is*, but I've heard some folks in the #OpenBSD world are kinda excited about it.

@publicvoit I've had the same concerns about #Wayland - lack of #Xorg x-forwarding is unattractive to me.

After some research on the problem, I found Waypipe provides similar functionality for Wayland: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mstoeckl/waypipe

As an aside, I really hope #Arcan gains more traction. It has it's own take on networked GUI that reminds me of #Plan9. Seems like a better evolutionary path for the Linux desktop, IMHO. Also, it's in Nixpkgs! https://github.com/letoram/arcan

@jf

Ah, yes. #Arcan. Thanks for remembering that for me ^___^

The "good" thing about X11 is that it can fall back to older protocols if the new whizbang features don't work. That's basically (afaik/iirc) how X11 maintains "network transparency," today by falling back to the oldest, gnarliest standard, since things like DRM/Xrandr/whatnot have no network transparency.

But I've probably already said more than I know. XD

Other than #Arcan / #ArcanFE, is there any other #OpenSource or #FreeSoftware project that still even attempts to support merging the display of multiple clustered computers?

#Cluster #Clustering #Display #Networking

#OpenSource #FOSS
#Lash #Cat9: A radical new #Linux #UI for #keyboard warriors

Lash#Cat9: Eine radikal neue Linux- #Benutzeroberfläche für Tastaturkrieger

Das #Arcan -Unterprojekt erfindet Befehlszeilen und GUIs auf einmal neu
https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2022/10/25/lashcat9_linux_ui/

#Arcan Project Announces The Modern & Radically Different Cat9 Shell

-- Rethinking the CLI, a modern shell without the conventional terminal emulator.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arcan-Cat9-Shell

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/phoronix/status/1581947810253246464

@shakil_tcs

I'm learning to use the #arcan graphics frontend with #durden window manager.

It is in the repos of some Linux distros and FreeBSD. The problem is it's usage is advanced and the documentation is bit confusing for a new user. I want to tackle and learn the arcan system so I can make some content about it and make it easier for others to get started with it.

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=FgHMU7m9-I8