🦾 Phoenix Emerges as a Modern X Server Written From Scratch in Zig // Linuxiac

｢ it is not yet another fork of the Xorg codebase and does not reuse its legacy code. Instead, according to devs, Phoenix aims to show that the X11 protocol itself is not inherently obsolete and can be implemented in a simpler, safer, and more modern way ｣

https://linuxiac.com/phoenix-emerges-as-a-modern-x-server-written-from-scratch-in-zig/

#x11 #zig #xorg #opensource

🦾 Phoenix Emerges as a Modern X Server Written From Scratch in Zig // Linuxiac

｢ it is not yet another fork of the Xorg codebase and does not reuse its legacy code. Instead, according to devs, Phoenix aims to show that the X11 protocol itself is not inherently obsolete and can be implemented in a simpler, safer, and more modern way ｣

https://linuxiac.com/phoenix-emerges-as-a-modern-x-server-written-from-scratch-in-zig/

#x11 #zig #xorg #opensource

Xlibre is a fork of the Xorg Xserver with lots of code cleanups

https://x11libre.net/

#HackerNews #Xlibre #Xorg #Xserver #CodeCleanup #OpenSource #Linux

Does anyone manage to use the #keyboard media controls in #FreeBSD #Xorg? I have a DasKeyboard with a volume jog that works out of the box on #OpenBSD.

The events seems to be working using xev tester. It regognizes the RaiseVolume and LowerVolume events.

Not sure where to actually start looking for a solution.

#RunBSD

Does anyone manage to use the #keyboard media controls in #FreeBSD #Xorg? I have a DasKeyboard with a volume jog that works out of the box on #OpenBSD.

The events seems to be working using xev tester. It regognizes the RaiseVolume and LowerVolume events.

Not sure where to actually start looking for a solution.

#RunBSD

It was 2019 and I think I was fed up with people posting gdm p0rn. So I did some using #xenodm on #OpenBSD.

It probably still works these days.

https://www.tumfatig.net/2019/customizing-openbsd-xenodm/

#xdm #xorg #xenocara #RunBSD

GNOME 49 reenables the x11-support switch for GDM because it breaks the complete X11 support in GDM, including the starters to launch X11 desktop environments

So for now, the X11 support stays in GDM until they remove it in GNOME 50

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/-/merge_requests/314

#gnome49 #gnome #linuxdesktop #xorg

GNOME 49 reenables the x11-support switch for GDM because it breaks the complete X11 support in GDM, including the starters to launch X11 desktop environments

So for now, the X11 support stays in GDM until they remove it in GNOME 50

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/-/merge_requests/314

#gnome49 #gnome #linuxdesktop #xorg

I stumbled across this article while searching for informations about the future of some X11 window managers. probonopd created a good article about the differences between Wayland and X11 and the problems with Wayland (which perhaps could be fixed in the future)

Good to see that XLibre forked the X11 server so projects depending on X11 can go on further.

https://gist.github.com/probonopd/9feb7c20257af5dd915e3a9f2d1f2277

@probono

#wayland #xorgserver #x11libre #xorg #linux #bsd #linuxdesktop #windowmanager #freedesktop

I stumbled across this article while searching for informations about the future of some X11 window managers. probonopd created a good article about the differences between Wayland and X11 and the problems with Wayland (which perhaps could be fixed in the future)

Good to see that XLibre forked the X11 server so projects depending on X11 can go on further.

https://gist.github.com/probonopd/9feb7c20257af5dd915e3a9f2d1f2277

@probono

#wayland #xorgserver #x11libre #xorg #linux #bsd #linuxdesktop #windowmanager #freedesktop

✨ 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

✨ 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

New 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝟭𝟰.𝟯 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗣𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝟮𝟱 [FreeBSD 14.3 on FrankenPad T25] article available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/freebsd-14-3-on-frankenpad-t25/

#verblog #freebsd #laptop #desktop #x11 #xorg #openbox #wifi #thinkpad #lenovo #legacy #frankenpad

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

Now after successfully building and loading drm-61-kmod for #FreeBSD using #ports, I am building the #xorg mininal port. Thanks all fedi friends for your help. #BSD #Unix #RunBSD #UseBSD #FOSS

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