Morgan ⚧️
@raphaelmorgan@disabled.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago
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Eva Winterschön
@winterschon@mastodon.bsd.cafe  ·  activity timestamp last month

✨ Wayland Will Never Be Ready ✨

The full article titled, "Wayland Will Never Be Ready For Every X11 User" is one of my favorite writings on the topic. Well done Maya Posch, well done indeed.

https://hackaday.com/2025/07/28/wayland-will-never-be-ready-for-every-x11-user/

#linux #freebsd #wayland #xorg #x11 #foss
aaron
@fireborn@dragonscave.space  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

I didn’t plan to write about Wayland yet. But Xorg is dying — not eventually, but now. GNOME’s dropping X11 support. RHEL already removed it. Ubuntu and Fedora are next. And if you rely on accessibility, you don’t get to wait this one out.
So here’s Post 4 of I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back.
I’m using Wayland now. Primarily. Not because I love it. Because the fallback is disappearing, and I want to be there helping fix what comes next. GNOME with Orca actually works. KDE and COSMIC are making progress. I’ve talked to the people involved. They care.
But a lot is broken.
MATE — the desktop most blind users preferred — isn’t on Wayland.
ocrdesktop doesn’t work. xdotool is gone.
wlroots compositors still don’t reliably support Orca’s keybindings, especially on laptops.
This isn’t GNOME’s fault. They’re the only reason accessibility on Wayland works at all.
But the old excuses are gone. “Just use Xorg” isn’t going to be an option much longer.
So yeah. I’m a Wayland shill now. Because I’m using it. Because I have to.
And I want to make sure we’re not excluded from what comes next.
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-want-to-love-linux-it-doesnt-love-me-back-post-4-wayland-is-growing-up-and-now-we-dont-have-a-choice/
#Linux#Wayland#Accessibility#Orca#GNOME#KDE#COSMIC #FOSS #a11y#BlindTech #xorg
jbz
@jbz@indieweb.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

𝕏 Canonical Confirms Ubuntu 25.10 Will Drop Support For GNOME On X.Org • Phoronix

｢ Support for X11 client apps/games though will continue to be maintained via XWayland but there will no longer be X11 session support for the desktop. Other non-GNOME desktops are unaffected by this move ｣

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-25.10-No-GNOME-X.Org

#xorg #wayland #gnome #opensource
Dendrobatus Azureus
@Dendrobatus_Azureus@mastodon.bsd.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

I've been able to configure KDE to my liking so that I feel at home again in the K Desktop Environment.

This is critical because it means that everything from way back in the beginning, decades ago when KDE was released, is still in the current new and fresh version of the K Desktop Environment

It means that the teams which have worked on KDE for the past decades have kept the core of KDE alive

It means that we have an excellent group of programmers, before and current, who have worked on KDE and who have kept KDE beautiful fantastic and magnifique for a wide range of people all over the globe

@kde

#KDE#Xorg#Desktop#Environment #programming#OpenSource#POSIX#GNU #is #not#UNIX#Linux#freeBSD#Konnect#Android

The photograph composed in total darkness shows an IPS LED computer screen displaying the K Desktop Environment with a dark blue theme. The screen is divided into two main sections: the top section shows a settings menu with various options such as "Audio and Sound," "Display and Monitor," "Input Devices," "Hardware and Devices," "Network," "Settings," "Connections," "User Feedback," "Online Accounts," "Accessibility," "Region and Language," "Notifications," "Personalization," "Search and Shutdown," "Shortcuts and Startup," "Workspace Behavior," and "Appearance." The bottom section features a wallpaper of a gorgeous woman standing in a room with a wooden floor and a window in the background. The woman is wearing a white top and a black skirt with a lace pattern, and she is smiling. The screen also shows a sidebar with options like "General," "Global Themes," "Connections," "Appearance Style," and "User Style." The time displayed on the screen is 22:38, and the date is the 15th of May. The overall image is in subtle Bokeh, because of the translucent effect programmed in KDE The screen is surrounded by a dark background, and has been captured with a puny Android analogue sensor smaller than the tip of my Pinky nail Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.264 Wh
The photograph composed in total darkness shows an IPS LED computer screen displaying the K Desktop Environment with a dark blue theme. The screen is divided into two main sections: the top section shows a settings menu with various options such as "Audio and Sound," "Display and Monitor," "Input Devices," "Hardware and Devices," "Network," "Settings," "Connections," "User Feedback," "Online Accounts," "Accessibility," "Region and Language," "Notifications," "Personalization," "Search and Shutdown," "Shortcuts and Startup," "Workspace Behavior," and "Appearance." The bottom section features a wallpaper of a gorgeous woman standing in a room with a wooden floor and a window in the background. The woman is wearing a white top and a black skirt with a lace pattern, and she is smiling. The screen also shows a sidebar with options like "General," "Global Themes," "Connections," "Appearance Style," and "User Style." The time displayed on the screen is 22:38, and the date is the 15th of May. The overall image is in subtle Bokeh, because of the translucent effect programmed in KDE The screen is surrounded by a dark background, and has been captured with a puny Android analogue sensor smaller than the tip of my Pinky nail Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.264 Wh
The photograph composed in total darkness shows an IPS LED computer screen displaying the K Desktop Environment with a dark blue theme. The screen is divided into two main sections: the top section shows a settings menu with various options such as "Audio and Sound," "Display and Monitor," "Input Devices," "Hardware and Devices," "Network," "Settings," "Connections," "User Feedback," "Online Accounts," "Accessibility," "Region and Language," "Notifications," "Personalization," "Search and Shutdown," "Shortcuts and Startup," "Workspace Behavior," and "Appearance." The bottom section features a wallpaper of a gorgeous woman standing in a room with a wooden floor and a window in the background. The woman is wearing a white top and a black skirt with a lace pattern, and she is smiling. The screen also shows a sidebar with options like "General," "Global Themes," "Connections," "Appearance Style," and "User Style." The time displayed on the screen is 22:38, and the date is the 15th of May. The overall image is in subtle Bokeh, because of the translucent effect programmed in KDE The screen is surrounded by a dark background, and has been captured with a puny Android analogue sensor smaller than the tip of my Pinky nail Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.264 Wh
Dendrobatus Azureus
@Dendrobatus_Azureus@mastodon.bsd.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

Since this command...

xfce4-screenshooter -S -d 2 --window -s "$HOME/Pictures/$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S)_Screenshot2.png"

...segfaults in fluxbox atm I did not bother with a screenshot, because xfce4-screenshooter rocks way too much to use another one

#FluxBox#Xorg#Desktop#Environment#OpenSource#POSIX#GNU #is #not#UNIX#Linux
Dendrobatus Azureus
@Dendrobatus_Azureus@mastodon.bsd.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

At this moment I'm roughly tuning a very nice FluxBox Desktop in an OpenSource POSIX driven OS.
I'm working on tuning my Desktops Environments in such a way that it doesn't matter whether I run them in Linux or *BSD

That way I'll just fire up the Operating System inject my own configuration for the desktop environment fire up X.org and then start working

FluxBox has been a favorite window / desktop manager of mine a couple of decades ago.

Since it has been written efficient it's blazingly fast
I combine tools that I love from Xfce with FluxBox so that my muscle memory for shortcuts can be used in a super smooth manner

#FluxBox#Xorg#Desktop#Environment#OpenSource#POSIX#GNU #is #not#UNIX#Linux
Justine Smithies
@justine@snac.smithies.me.uk  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

Gave up on #OpenBSD for now as it's too locked down for my liking and I was really wanting to setup #Xorg on the freebie Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower and use #Xterm as my terminal with #Sixel support. So I've installed #FreeBSD and got Xterm running with Sixel support ( graphics in the terminal ). Who's a happy chic that's feeling all nostalgic right now ? That's right moi ! #RunBSD
Dendrobatus Azureus
@Dendrobatus_Azureus@mastodon.bsd.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

The KDE team has created a wonderful Network for your Androids it's called Konnect (actually KDE Connect) and the things that it can do are so various that I'll just show you one of them in the included photographs

The ease with which I can control a music 🎵 player that works on one Android from all my devices which run Konnect opens up possibilities which are just marvelous for a sound engineer like me

@kde

#KDE#Xorg#Desktop#Environment#OpenSource#POSIX#GNU #is #not#UNIX#Linux#freeBSD#Konnect#Android

The image shows a mobile device screen displaying Konnect "KDE Connect Devices" interface. The background is dark, and the text is white, providing a clear contrast. At the top, the time is shown as 23:06, with various status icons indicating Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and battery level at 84%. The main title "KDE Connect Devices" is prominently displayed, followed by a message stating that other devices running KDE Connect in the same network should appear here. Below this, there is a section titled "Connected devices," listing four devices: "SM-A260G," "Xiaomi Redmi A2 Blakka," "Galaxy A2 Core Lucã," and "Krasiwati," each accompanied by a device icon. The "Remembered devices" section follows, listing three devices: "Devakprata," "Xiaomi Note 12S," and "Polawiri," each with a corresponding icon. The interface is designed for easy navigation, with a menu icon on the left and a back arrow on the right, indicating the ability to return to the previous screen. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.264 Wh
The image shows a mobile device screen displaying Konnect "KDE Connect Devices" interface. The background is dark, and the text is white, providing a clear contrast. At the top, the time is shown as 23:06, with various status icons indicating Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and battery level at 84%. The main title "KDE Connect Devices" is prominently displayed, followed by a message stating that other devices running KDE Connect in the same network should appear here. Below this, there is a section titled "Connected devices," listing four devices: "SM-A260G," "Xiaomi Redmi A2 Blakka," "Galaxy A2 Core Lucã," and "Krasiwati," each accompanied by a device icon. The "Remembered devices" section follows, listing three devices: "Devakprata," "Xiaomi Note 12S," and "Polawiri," each with a corresponding icon. The interface is designed for easy navigation, with a menu icon on the left and a back arrow on the right, indicating the ability to return to the previous screen. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.264 Wh
The image shows a mobile device screen displaying Konnect "KDE Connect Devices" interface. The background is dark, and the text is white, providing a clear contrast. At the top, the time is shown as 23:06, with various status icons indicating Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and battery level at 84%. The main title "KDE Connect Devices" is prominently displayed, followed by a message stating that other devices running KDE Connect in the same network should appear here. Below this, there is a section titled "Connected devices," listing four devices: "SM-A260G," "Xiaomi Redmi A2 Blakka," "Galaxy A2 Core Lucã," and "Krasiwati," each accompanied by a device icon. The "Remembered devices" section follows, listing three devices: "Devakprata," "Xiaomi Note 12S," and "Polawiri," each with a corresponding icon. The interface is designed for easy navigation, with a menu icon on the left and a back arrow on the right, indicating the ability to return to the previous screen. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.264 Wh
The photograph composed in warm light portrays two smartphones placed on a red fabric with a floral pattern. The phone on the left has a lock screen displaying the time "23:05" and the date "Tue, Apr 29." The background features a vibrant image of a red flower with green leaves. The phone is charging, with a battery level of 82%. A music player widget is visible, showing the song "13_18_21_aug_2021_19Lyntr" by "RadioAzureus (Musicolet)" with a play button and a progress bar. A notification from Mastodon is also visible, mentioning the user by Luca Sironi. The phone on the right shows a similar time "23:05" and date "Tue, Apr 29." The background is dark blue, and the music player widget displays the same song and artist. The weather widget shows "26°C MonPlaisir" with "Clear" conditions. The battery level is also 82%, and the phone is connected to "GSM provider." Both phones are displaying the same time, indicating they are synchronized. The Android on the right is in slight Bokeh due to the shallow DOF because of the wide aparture Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.266 Wh
The photograph composed in warm light portrays two smartphones placed on a red fabric with a floral pattern. The phone on the left has a lock screen displaying the time "23:05" and the date "Tue, Apr 29." The background features a vibrant image of a red flower with green leaves. The phone is charging, with a battery level of 82%. A music player widget is visible, showing the song "13_18_21_aug_2021_19Lyntr" by "RadioAzureus (Musicolet)" with a play button and a progress bar. A notification from Mastodon is also visible, mentioning the user by Luca Sironi. The phone on the right shows a similar time "23:05" and date "Tue, Apr 29." The background is dark blue, and the music player widget displays the same song and artist. The weather widget shows "26°C MonPlaisir" with "Clear" conditions. The battery level is also 82%, and the phone is connected to "GSM provider." Both phones are displaying the same time, indicating they are synchronized. The Android on the right is in slight Bokeh due to the shallow DOF because of the wide aparture Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.266 Wh
The photograph composed in warm light portrays two smartphones placed on a red fabric with a floral pattern. The phone on the left has a lock screen displaying the time "23:05" and the date "Tue, Apr 29." The background features a vibrant image of a red flower with green leaves. The phone is charging, with a battery level of 82%. A music player widget is visible, showing the song "13_18_21_aug_2021_19Lyntr" by "RadioAzureus (Musicolet)" with a play button and a progress bar. A notification from Mastodon is also visible, mentioning the user by Luca Sironi. The phone on the right shows a similar time "23:05" and date "Tue, Apr 29." The background is dark blue, and the music player widget displays the same song and artist. The weather widget shows "26°C MonPlaisir" with "Clear" conditions. The battery level is also 82%, and the phone is connected to "GSM provider." Both phones are displaying the same time, indicating they are synchronized. The Android on the right is in slight Bokeh due to the shallow DOF because of the wide aparture Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.266 Wh
Justine Smithies
@justine@snac.smithies.me.uk  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

Still playing around with #OpenBSD on my Desktop PC and to be honest I thought I'd hate it but you know what ? It's actually kind of growing on me. Yes I know I can use #SwayWM with #Wayland but the #Xorg stuff is kind of nostalgically nice, A blast from the past. Also I'm not that worried if I break it as I can just reinstall and start again until I figure it out totally.
What are desktops / terminals and so on are you OpenBSD folk running on your setups ?