Wayland is a project to define a protocol for a compositor to talk to its clients as well as a library implementation of the protocol.
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XLibre Alternatives
XLibre is described as 'The XLibre contributors strive to cleanup and strengthen the existing code base while maintaining backward compatibility to make X11 a viable choice for the future. Another goal is to actively enhance the functionality of the Xserver and its drivers' and is an app. There are four alternatives to XLibre for Linux and BSD. The best XLibre alternative is Wayland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like XLibre are X11, Mir and Phoenix X server.
Alternatives list
- 6 Wayland alternatives
6 X11 alternativesThe X.Org project provides an open source implementation of the X Window System. The development work is being done in conjunction with the freedesktop.org community. The X.Org Foundation is the educational non-profit corporation whose Board serves this effort, and whose Members...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
The purpose of Mir is to enable the development of user interfaces shells. In the case of Ubuntu, Mir will be utilized by next generation Unity. In addition, Mir will be developed in a manner that will retain its flexibility and usability in order that shells other than Unity...
Phoenix is a new X server, written from scratch in Zig (not a fork of Xorg server). This X server is designed to be a modern alternative to the Xorg server.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Linux
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