Graham Perrin17h ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rustaceans/116755672316463652

yserver

― a modern X11 server written from scratch in Rust.

<https://github.com/joske/yserver>

"… there are multiple projects on GitHub with this name (but none for X11 servers), the name is subject to change. …"

<https://lobste.rs/s/yy8je0/yserver_modern_x11_server_written_from>

<https://www.phoronix.com/news/YSERVER-Rust-X11-Server>

"… can currently run a full MATE, Xfce, or Cinnamon X11 desktop. The prominent X11 extensions from RandR to DRI3, GLX, MIT-SHM, Composite, and others are supported. And, yes, with working Compiz goodness too:

… open-source under an MIT license. …"

<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48531394>

<https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1u31shc/comment/or1re0p/>

#AI #FreeBSD #Linux #X11 #yserver #Rust

Show threadKen Milmore
@grahamperrin The Wayland people will no doubt be upset that the Rust people are making X11 relevant again.
Jun 21 at 5:35pmWeb
Show threadGraham Perrin17h ago

@kbm0 let them all bicker, or eat cake, or something, until the cows come home. (<https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/linux-graphics-x-org-drivers/x-org-drm/1639750-yserver-modern-x11-server-written-in-rust-with-the-help-of-claude-code> fourteen pages, oh my giddy aunt.)

Me?

I like the cat in the screen recording …

… I didn't even notice, FreeBSD now works – <https://github.com/joske/yserver#user-content-recent-work>.

#giddy #aunt

Show threadKen Milmore17h ago
@grahamperrin What's the point in using a safety-oriented language like Rust if you're going to write the code with a slop generator?
Show threadGraham Perrin17h ago

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/116515611978395782

@kbm0 I doubt that the developer treats it as a slop generator.

Show threadKen Milmore17h ago
@grahamperrin Oh dear.
Show threadGraham Perrin17h ago

@kbm0

I used the #AI tag at the outset partly so that people who don't want to read about #AI might know that there's an #AI aspect :-)

Show threadKen Milmore17h ago
@grahamperrin Yeah sorry missed that.