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Comment Artix releases XLibre for regular use (Score 1) 134

Well, Xlibre has traveled from an untested vaporware fork to a fully usable package in Artix Linux, now released as a normal package. Now you can install Artix Linux with a choice of Wayland, X.org, or Xlibre for your graphics server.

See the release notes:

The xlibre packages have been moved from the galaxy-gremlins (testing) repository to the galaxy (stable) one.
The xorg packages are also still available, so users can choose which packages to install and run.

For more information about XLibre on Artix see wiki page https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Si...

Comment Re:Wayland mostly works for me (Score 1) 134

Actually - NO. Those features in desktop managers are just client programs that have Remote access.

Wayland does not do this.

And X has it without the need for helper programs. It is just built in. And it works for ANY application, not just KDE or Gnome.... neither of which I consider very usable, but you can use that bloatware if you want.

So - please don't peddle soft lies by confusing facts.

Comment the Artix Xlibre wiki (Score 1) 134

https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Si...

Xlibre on Artix Linux
Current Status

Available for testing.
Reporting Issues

Please check this Artix forum topic
ISOs

Some Artix Xlibre ISOs are available for download. More information is available in this forum post.
Packages

The following packages are available in the [galaxy-gremlins] repository:

        xlibre-xserver
        xlibre-xserver-common
        xlibre-xserver-devel
        xlibre-xserver-xephyr
        xlibre-xserver-xnest
        xlibre-xserver-xvfb
        xlibre-xf86-input-elographics
        xlibre-xf86-input-evdev
        xlibre-xf86-input-synaptics
        xlibre-xf86-input-vmmouse
        xlibre-xf86-input-void
        xlibre-xf86-input-wacom
        xlibre-xf86-video-amdgpu
        xlibre-xf86-video-ati
        xlibre-xf86-video-dummy
        xlibre-xf86-video-fbdev
        xlibre-xf86-video-intel
        xlibre-xf86-video-nouveau
        xlibre-xf86-video-qxl
        xlibre-xf86-video-sisusb
        xlibre-xf86-video-vesa
        xlibre-xf86-video-vmware
        xlibre-xf86-video-voodoo

These conflict with, and replace, their Xorg counterparts.

Comment Re: I use ssh -CY every fucking day at work (Score 1) 134

Because automated setup of soft mixing in ALSA is a pain in the ass. It's that simple.

ALSA, otherwise, does work just fine.

Pulse, being a non-kernel software mixer, requires much less setup To Just Work.

Of course, in standard Poettering fashion, bolted onto this simple thing that we needed is about 45lbs of cancer.

No - if anything it is the other way around

Comment Re:XLibre? Isn't that the Nazi fork? (Score 1) 134

Well, it is going somewhere whether you like it or not. The demand for Artix/libreX has been strong and that is despite it being only in testing so far. The effort to make it integrated with Artix is underway and it will soon be as easy to run and any other native display server on Linux

https://forum.artixlinux.org/i...

https://forum.artixlinux.org/i...

Comment Re:Wayland mostly works for me (Score 1) 134

including screen recording. TFA is incorrect on that one.

What it really, REALLY lacks is proper remoting. The best option available at the moment is wayvnc - i.e. VNC over a headless Wayland session. It works, but VNC sucks ass. There's no RDP support and there's no remote session greeter.

Fortunately, my only Wayland machine is a laptop, so it's not like I need to remote it a lot, if at all.

If your on a laptop, X11's remote capabilities is even MORE useful than normal users. Whether you know it or not, or use it or not, that can't be helped.

When I look at modern users I often find, even with Windows, they have so many remote desktops open they fail to know which is there local system.

So it is useful, and with X is it built in and secure.

Submission + - Xlibre on Artix Linux just released for testing (artixlinux.org)

MrBrklyn writes: Artix Linux has released Xlibre non-systemd based iso's and packages for testing and use. Its a decent undertaking by the Artix development team. The iso is considered to be testing but it is quickly moving to the regular repos for broad public use.

See:
https://forum.artixlinux.org/i...
and
https://forum.artixlinux.org/i...
 

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