Linuxeros del fedivers, petita enquesta: heu sentit a parlar de XLibre? Feu servir Xorg o Wayland? Esteu al tanto del drama de RedHat i FreeDesktop amb l'abandó (assassinat?) de Xorg? Com ho veieu?

#linux #xorg #xlibre #freedesktop #redhat #wayland

@SanskritFritz I can say that the #Termux/PRoot/VNC approach works but for average users this one seems to be a better fit.

I looked in more detail. It is a rewrite (previously Kotlin + C++). They write the app in #Rust and use #Wayland and #PRoot. PRoot can be a show stopper since some Android kernels have no system calls to support it. Besides #XFCE, #KDE, #GNOME and more are being worked on.
It is ARM64-v8a only but https://localdesktop.github.io/docs/developer/build-for-unofficially-supported-platform

Edit:
how-it-works: https://localdesktop.github.io/docs/developer/how-it-works

@SanskritFritz That is true. However, this app makes it really really easy to install a Linux (Arch) with a desktop enviromnent (XFCE by default). Starting it means just to start the app and it enters a full screen linux. It seems pretty fast. Methinks, it uses #Wayland.

⚡ GNOME Mutter 50 Alpha Released With X11 Backend Removed - Phoronix

｢ The merge "completely drops the whole X11 back-end" with the Wayland session support proving to be in robust shape especially with its state in GNOME 49. XWayland support remains on GNOME for running X11 apps/games but it's all exclusively about the Wayland session moving forward ｣

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Mutter-Shell-50-Alpha

#gnome #x11 #wayland #opensource

GNOME 50.alpha is released

Officially X11 free.

https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-50-alpha-released/33616?u=alatiera

#linux #gnome #wayland

Also, given my years of using weird setups, my main worry is that a lot of my X11 hacks and tricks may be useless under wayland.

Or worse, that perhaps there's no equivalent way to manage my weird layouts and monitors.

#xorg #wayland

Okay, NOW we are cooking. #wayland #macos #libkrun

(I should really start upstreaming these hacks... )

Linux desktop voice control has a gap. Talon costs money. Other tools are X11-only or cloud-dependent.

So I built EasySpeak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl5m2Zo1oIE

https://github.com/ctsdownloads/easyspeak/tree/dev?tab=readme-ov-file#easyspeak

- Free and open source (GPL-3.0)
- Fully local — no cloud, no accounts
- Wayland-native
- "Hey Jarvis, open downloads"

Built for RSI, accessibility, or anyone who wants to talk to their computer.

#Linux #OpenSource #Accessibility #VoiceControl #GNOME #Wayland #a11y

Question: what are y'all using as secret service on #Linux? (With #Wayland and #sway, if that matters.)

I did not like #GNOME #Keyring, because that pulled in tons of stuff I didn't want.

I'm currently using #KeePassXC, but let's just say it's a much better password manager than a Secret Service. (e.g., it can't remember authorized binaries over a session, and handling multiple databases isn't great.)

Ideally, I want something that does only this, but does it well.

Question: what are y'all using as secret service on #Linux? (With #Wayland and #sway, if that matters.)

I did not like #GNOME #Keyring, because that pulled in tons of stuff I didn't want.

I'm currently using #KeePassXC, but let's just say it's a much better password manager than a Secret Service. (e.g., it can't remember authorized binaries over a session, and handling multiple databases isn't great.)

Ideally, I want something that does only this, but does it well.

Updates to my #Wayland Breakage article: compatibility layers, solutions, and non-solutions:
https://www.draketo.de/software/wayland-breakage

As PDF in case you want to pin it to a blackboard:
https://www.draketo.de/software/wayland-breakage.pdf

(these updates are adapted from my answers in discussions here on Mastodon, so thank you for your comments!)

#programming #software #infrastructure #SovereignTechFund

｢ Phosh (short for Phone Shell), a graphical user interface designed specifically for Linux-based mobile devices built on GNOME technologies and uses Wayland as its display protocol, has just released version 0.52 ｣

https://linuxiac.com/phosh-0-52-brings-qr-codes-for-wi-fi-hotspots/

#phosh #wayland #linuxphone #opensource

I have to say, I think it's great that #Fedora is dropping the #X11 session entirely, but I'm also happy that on my main laptop I'm on a distro that takes it slower. Just yesterday I did a teamviewer session with a friend and teamviewer informed that their #wayland support is experimental and indeed it didn't work. Starting an #X11 session fixed it.

｢ Phosh (short for Phone Shell), a graphical user interface designed specifically for Linux-based mobile devices built on GNOME technologies and uses Wayland as its display protocol, has just released version 0.52 ｣

https://linuxiac.com/phosh-0-52-brings-qr-codes-for-wi-fi-hotspots/

#phosh #wayland #linuxphone #opensource