[HN Gopher] Arcan Display Server 0.6.2 - It's all connected
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       Arcan Display Server 0.6.2 - It's all connected
        
       Author : pantalaimon
       Score  : 75 points
       Date   : 2022-07-16 10:33 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | somat wrote:
       | just based off release notes arcan always felt like a much more
       | compelling display project than wayland.
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       | wayland: if we move the compositor into the kernel we can solve
       | several performance problems.
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       | arcan: if we make a universal transport layer we can solve most
       | topological problems.
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       | Plus I like arcan because it reads like it is one guy, deciding
       | the world needed a better display server. and just keeps at it,
       | day to day, no team, no consensus, just getting it done.
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       | however disclamer: I made a port of arcan to openbsd and could
       | never quite figure out what to do with it. the curse of a display
       | server with not enough software I guess.
        
         | pengaru wrote:
         | > wayland: if we move the compositor into the kernel we can
         | solve several performance problems.
         | 
         | Where exactly does Wayland introduce a kernel-based compositor?
         | 
         | Existing Wayland implementations just consolidate what was
         | often several userspace processes in the composited X11 model
         | into a single monolithic userspace process responsible for the
         | window management, input multiplexing/routing, and compositing.
         | I'm not certain this is even a strictly specified aspect of
         | Wayland either, it may just be convenient and simpler to
         | implement this way while enjoying some natural performance
         | advantages.
         | 
         | There's no kernel Wayland compositors AFAIK. Perhaps you're
         | conflating KMS with Wayland since they kind of overlapped
         | chronologically? KMS enabled running XOrg without requiring
         | root using the modesetting driver, it's been a huge step
         | towards cleaning up the graphics stack on Linux, independent of
         | Wayland.
        
           | somat wrote:
           | You are correct of course. as an openbsd user it turns out I
           | don't actually know that much about the actual advantages of
           | wayland. I tend to look at it from the rather myopic view
           | point of what it is missing rather than what it has
        
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