Hacker News with Generative AI: X11

Plwm – An X11 window manager written in Prolog (github.com/Seeker04)
plwm is a highly customizable X11 dynamic tiling window manager written in Prolog.

X11, Window Managers, Prolog, Programming Languages

224 points by jedeusus 13 days ago | 69 comments

In praise of grobi for auto-configuring X11 monitors (stapelberg.ch)
I have recently started using the grobi program by Alexander Neumann again and was delighted to discover that it makes using my fiddly (but wonderful) Dell 32-inch 8K monitor (UP3218K) monitor much more convenient — I get a signal more quickly than with my previous, sleep-based approach.

Software, Monitors, X11, Linux, Automation

75 points by secure 28 days ago | 48 comments

Ask HN: When will Wayland eclipse X? (ycombinator.com)
Right now, I'm seeing between 80% and 93% usage of X in favor of Wayland, depending on which source I'm reading. I'd like to see Wayland get more traction, but I'm also aware that many of the things that make it appealing directly cut into its usability due to the many tools and hacks that rely on X's inherent security holes.

Operating Systems, Wayland, X11, Linux, Open Source

12 points by Rooster61 38 days ago | 26 comments

Exwm: Emacs X Window Manager (github.com/emacs-exwm)
EXWM (Emacs X Window Manager) is a full-featured tiling X window manager for Emacs built on top of XELB.

Emacs, Window Managers, X11, Programming, Software

116 points by tosh 55 days ago | 32 comments

Wayland isn't going to save the Linux desktop (dudemanguy.github.io)
As you all know, the Linux desktop is dominated by Xorg. The X11 protocol originated in the 80s which later ended up being adopted by Linux desktop systems. It survived all the way to this day as Xorg, and I'm using it right now to make this post. While it is remarkable that X11 has survived so long, it's certainly not flawless. There's some questionable parts of the core protocol and old legacy baggage that is still carried to this day.

Linux, X11, Operating Systems, Wayland

9 points by fanf2 59 days ago | 11 comments

A Testament to X11 Backwards Compatibility (2013) (theresistornetwork.com)
I recently scored a Hewlett Packard 1670A Deep Memory Logic Analyzer and I finally had a chance to fire it up.

Hardware, Retro Computing, X11

14 points by tosh 75 days ago | 0 comments

GTK's X11 Back End Now Deprecated, Planned for Removal in GTK 5 (phoronix.com)
GTK developers have been holding another hackfest this week for the annual FOSDEM developer conference happening this weekend in Brussels.

GTK, Software Development, Linux, Open Source, X11

5 points by airhangerf15 123 days ago | 0 comments

GTK's X11 Back End Now Deprecated, Planned for Removal in GTK 5 (phoronix.com)
GTK developers have been holding another hackfest this week for the annual FOSDEM developer conference happening this weekend in Brussels.

GTK, Software Development, Open Source, Deprecated Features, X11

17 points by LorenDB 126 days ago | 6 comments

Hard numbers in the Wayland vs. X11 input latency discussion (mort.coffee)
Yesterday, I read this blog post: Wayland Cursor Lag: Just give me a break already..., where a Linux user discusses their frustration with input latency under Wayland. They detailed their own subjective experience of the problem, but failed to produce hard evidence.

Linux, Wayland, X11, Input Latency, Performance

610 points by todsacerdoti 132 days ago | 488 comments

An X11 apologist tries Wayland (artemis.sh)
I think it’s only fair to call me an X apologist. I get incredibly frustrated when people talk about dropping support for X11. I fight back against the notion that some day X11 will be dead and unmaintained, a curiosity of a time before. I’ve spoken to people in my circles at-length about the accessibility tools that Wayland simply hasn’t been capable of supporting that X11 has.

X11, Wayland, Linux, Open Source, Accessibility

14 points by fanf2 158 days ago | 0 comments

CVE-2024-9632 xorg-x11-server: heap-based buffer overflow privilege escalation (redhat.com)
CVE-2024-9632 xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: heap-based buffer overflow privilege escalation vulnerability

Security, Vulnerability, Linux, Software, X11

3 points by todsacerdoti 221 days ago | 0 comments

Improving Xwayland window resizing (vladzahorodnii.com)
One of the quickest ways to determine whether particular application runs using Xwayland is to resize one of its windows and see how it behaves, for example

X11, Linux, User Experience, Software, Performance

158 points by TangerineDream 222 days ago | 186 comments

Window Maker: X11 window manager with the look and feel of the NeXTSTEP UI (windowmaker.org)

Window Managers, X11, User Interfaces, Operating Systems

262 points by lnyan 283 days ago | 135 comments

Emotional about X11: I'm creating a pure X11 “emoji keyboard” (github.com/Zirias)