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Lead Mir Developer: 'Mir More Relevant Than Wayland In Two Years'

Posted by Soulskill on from the display-battle-brewing dept.

M-Saunders writes Canonical courted plenty of controversy with it announced Mir, its home-grown display server. But why did the company choose to go it alone, and not collaborate with the Wayland project? Linux Voice has an interview with Thomas Voss, Mir's lead developer. Voss explains how Mir came into being, what it offers, and why he believes it will outlast Wayland.

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  1. Re:Why? by Uecker · · Score: 1, Troll

    X is network transparent. I use it *every* day with different applications. If some clown comes along and says it is already broken (because his direct-rendered wobbly windows do not work over the network or something) then this is simpy FUD. And you are an idiot if you believe it.

  2. Re:Why? by Uecker · · Score: 1, Troll

    Then half of the windows on my desktop cannot actually exist...

  3. Let's please stay on topic by dbIII · · Score: 1, Troll

    Also, you completely disregard the MUCH bigger number of administrators and helpdesk personnel working with VNC, RDP, Citrix etc.

    NONE of those things is X windows.