Possibility of Wayland on Slackware?
I noticed a blog entry by Aaron Seigo that says,if I understand it right, future versions of KDE will be based on Wayland, because of Wayland's more modern design (It was built from the ground up as a 3D compositor).
My question is, if KDE is the de-facto desktop of Slackware, what will that mean for the future of the X-server? Will it be relegated to /pasture or /extra, while Wayland becomes part of the default install? Or the other way around, with Wayland going into /testing, and X remaining part of the installation? Pat, if you're looking at this, I would like to know your thoughts on this.Also, if anyone else has any ideas about this, please let me know. I should like to know how I must upgrade, if and when I want to upgrade my KDE version (4.9.5 at the moment), to the latest version. Thanks, guys. I really appreciate it. Matt |
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That switch to Wayland does not necessarily have to happen "soon."
Have a look at this page called "The Road to KDE Frameworks 5 and Plasma 2": http://vizzzion.org/blog/2013/01/the...-and-plasma-2/ from which I quote: Quote:
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I've not seen anything suggesting that KDE would drop support for X.Org in the foreseeable future. |
Even then we don't know if Wayland will pan out.
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To Alien Bob, Reaper X7, and others - Thanks for the input. You set my mind at ease. I think I'll hold on to this setup for a good while longer. Take care Matt |
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