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XLibre

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.

XLibre running on FreeBSD.

Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Platforms

  • Linux
XLibre running accelerated on RK3588.
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  • Centaro reviewed XLibre  

    It works as intended.

  • Centaro liked XLibre
  • yeyer11817 reviewed XLibre  

    One of the developers of wayback (A new X11 server on top of wayland for desktops) gave a talk about it.

    This a part of the slide (page 9):

    Xlibre from the distro perspective

    • A fork of X that someone else is doing?
    • Sounds great in theory! In practice, distros are rejecting it because...
    • The project is reactionary…
    • Deleted everything relating to Wayland, meaning distros still have...
  • Alaik added XLibre as alternative to Phoenix X server
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    yeyer11817 added XLibre as alternative to X11
  • yeyer11817 added XLibre as alternative to Mir
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    yeyer11817 added XLibre as alternative to Wayland

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  •  244 Forks
  •  408 Open Issues
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Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
Centaro
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It works as intended.

Top Negative Comment
yeyer11817
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One of the developers of wayback (A new X11 server on top of wayland for desktops) gave a talk about it.

This a part of the slide (page 9):

Xlibre from the distro perspective

  • A fork of X that someone else is doing?
  • Sounds great in theory! In practice, distros are rejecting it because...
  • The project is reactionary…
  • Deleted everything relating to Wayland, meaning distros still have to ship Xwayland anyway
  • No formal plan, no roadmap, development is discussed in an effectively unmoderated telegram group chat
  • High risk of divergence between X.org X11 protocol and Xlibre X11 protocol (e.g. pointless Xnamespace extension)
  • Basic C programming mistakes that are CVE-worthy have been identified...

CVE worthy basically means that security vulnerabilities were introduced.

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What is XLibre?

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. We also take care of the improvements to the X.Org Server that have been unreleased for several years or were made to Xwayland only. Our decision making is based on merit and our active community keen to bring X forward.