X11Libre/xserver on Hacker News

…why I want to support their wayland-only crap future. Let's see whether this will succeed though: https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver and: https://git.devuan.org/Daemonratte/gtk2-ng Granted, there may be a lack of developers for both, but…

comment by shevy-java · 2026-10-12 · in Living in the Weimar Era of Ruby

At least one was looks like it was sourced from XLibre: https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/pull/1314

comment by saelthavron · 2026-08-20 · in Xorg-server 26.1.0 rc1

I was about to reply that it is now a project with many contributions, but looking here: https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/graphs/contributors?from... it seems that there are only two additional significant contributors (an anonymous…

comment by einpoklum · 2026-08-20 · in Xwayland 26.1.0 rc1

…screen. X11 is 4 million lines of code, a beast very few can claim they understand. Working on it: https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver And they also deleted old code too. A lot of the old code could probably be removed, but is it really…

comment by shevy-java · 2026-07-17 · in Frame – Linux X server in Assembly

…security you have to give up backwards compatibility and create a new X version. I don't think so: https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver Let's have a look in a little while. I myself hope for better and more transparent information at all…

comment by shevy-java · 2026-06-28 · in Enhancing x11 Application Security with LXC (2025)

I don't think it is "just around" - it is actively maintained still: https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver In the end Red Hat failed to kill off X11. Let's see what happens next. The GTK devs already rejected patches for maintaining the…

comment by shevy-java · 2026-06-28 · in Enhancing x11 Application Security with LXC (2025)

…of a X11 server) has a new extension - XNamespace to address some challenges as well. https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/blob/master/doc/Xnamespa...

comment by calvinmorrison · 2026-06-27 · in Enhancing x11 Application Security with LXC (2025)

No idea about the overall background of the project or devs, but: https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/blob/master/CoC.md In my understanding a good chunk of the CoC dislike connects to MAGA ideology (because CoC aim at inclusivity, and we…

comment by Krssst · 2026-06-20 · in XLibre XServer 25.2.0 Released

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Are We XLibre Yet? · X11Libre/Xserver Wiki

story by xbmcuser · 2026-05-16 · 0 comments

…so much money, why would you recommend more money to KDE and not other projects? Why not xserver https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver or gtk2-ng https://git.devuan.org/Daemonratte/gtk2-ng ? Granted, these have fewer users, but there should…

comment by shevy-java · 2026-05-14 · in Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund Backs KDE with €1.3M

…very well. I am also not alone with the get-everything-working approach, see xserver or gtk2-ng: https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver https://git.devuan.org/Daemonratte/gtk2-ng - granted, for the linux kernel this does not work that well…

comment by shevy-java · 2026-05-08 · in Maybe you shouldn't install new software for a bit

…worse and with GTK5 they will (try to) kill of xorg-server too. Some people disagree with that - https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver and https://git.devuan.org/Daemonratte/gtk2-ng ; I get it that there are not that many folks using that,…

comment by shevy-java · 2026-05-03 · in This Month in Ladybird – April 2026

Wayland is a mess. Perhaps https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver can revive the older ecosystem. Almost nobody writes for wayland. About two years ago I tried to switch, then gave up when I realised how many things are missing on wayland.…

comment by shevy-java · 2026-03-22 · in MAUI Is Coming to Linux

…enough with it and decided to stop buying the "xorg is dead" routine these corporations push on: https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver It will be interesting to see what will happen though. The GTK devs said they will help kill off xorg with…

comment by shevy-java · 2026-03-15 · in Separating the Wayland compositor and window manager

The xserver may not be completely dead either: https:/github.com/X11Libre/xserver

comment by shevy-java · 2026-03-15 · in Separating the Wayland compositor and window manager

…bullied by Red Hat from the project for trying to make X11 work and decided to create X11Libre ( https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver ) which is now getting all these fancy features that previously were not possible to get into X11 due to…

comment by diath · 2026-01-27 · in Xfwl4 – The Roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor

…to croudfund a programmer, but that's something that I have to believe is possible to do. [0] < https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver?tab=readme-ov-file#i-wan... >

comment by simoncion · 2026-01-27 · in Xfwl4 – The Roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor

Hmm? Seems to be getting plenty of development. https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/activity

comment by torstenvl · 2026-01-27 · in Xfwl4 – The Roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor

…called Xlibre, started by a former Xorg contributor, which seeks to "revitalize and modernize" X: https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver?tab=readme-ov-file

comment by safety1st · 2026-01-04 · in Can I start using Wayland in 2026?

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story by bmacho · 2026-01-03 · 4 comments

…great for me for the past ~20 years, but there are obvious improvements that can be made. [1]: https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/releases/tag/xlibre-xser...

comment by imiric · 2025-12-26 · in Asahi Linux with Sway on the MacBook Air M2 (2024)

Just got a major release as well with tons of new contributors and fixes/additions: https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/releases/tag/xlibre-xser...

comment by KetoManx64 · 2025-12-25 · in Phoenix: A modern X server written from scratch in Zig

…successful. I am hopeful. But, right now, XLibre[0] is available, ready for use and very active. 0. https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver

comment by snvzz · 2025-12-25 · in Phoenix: A modern X server written from scratch in Zig

…which Xorg abandoned, whereas Phoenix is writing a new, compatible server from scratch. 0. https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver

comment by snvzz · 2025-12-24 · in Phoenix: A modern X server written from scratch in Zig

https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver

comment by lousken · 2025-11-14 · in GNOME 50 completes the migration to Wayland, dropping X11 backend code

…itself and the main dev being an anti-vaxxer certainly puts those words into a bad context. [1] https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/blob/fea8b78358a169238a2...

comment by RealStickman_ · 2025-11-03 · in X.org Security Advisory: multiple security issues X.Org X server and Xwayland

On the github, he points to this document: https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/blob/master/HISTORY.md Doesn't mention "woke" but the style is reminiscent to me from grandiosity/paranoia issues

comment by cassepipe · 2025-11-03 · in X.org Security Advisory: multiple security issues X.Org X server and Xwayland

Wonder how these play out against the https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver base, would be interesting to hear from that end as to how these things are handled. My understanding is that they address any sec issues that arise on x.org but it…

comment by dingdingdang · 2025-11-02 · in X.org Security Advisory: multiple security issues X.Org X server and Xwayland

…disparaging comments, including by Jordan Petridis (deeply involved with both GNOME and Xorg) ( https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/issues/346#issuecomment-... ). This was highly unprofessional and XLibre should not have to deal with it…

comment by zahlman · 2025-10-14 · in Thoughts on Omarchy

…I find incompatible with my understanding of FOSS). The GitHub for the project has a wiki page ( https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/wiki/Are-We-XLibre-Yet%3... ) tracking what Linux distributions do or will include the package; several…

comment by zahlman · 2025-09-15 · in An open-source maintainer's guide to saying “no”

…into containers where interactions are restricted to be within the same container only. [1]: https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/blob/master/doc/Xnamespa...

comment by rnhmjoj · 2025-08-06 · in The X11 Security extension from the 1990s

…for Xlibre... to give you an idea of how clownshoes the development community is on that thing... https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/pull/56 Not to mention being a Nazi bar. People are starting to wake up and realize what a security risk…

comment by bitwize · 2025-07-09 · in Xorg Neglect and XLibre Slander

…resulted in Xlibre: - https://discuss.pixls.us/t/weekly-recap-8-june-2025/50638 From the README at https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver : > This is an independent project, not at all affiliated with BigTech or any of their subsidiaries or…

comment by bilkow · 2025-06-20 · in Open source can't coordinate?

The README: https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/blob/master/README.md The code of conduct: https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/blob/master/CODE_OF_COND...

comment by 85392_school · 2025-06-17 · in Long live Xorg, I mean Xlibre

…about x11libre; the project is associated with MAGA language and personally I don't trust it https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/issues/40 If I were to take it several steps further, the conspiracy theorist in me says that redhat has the…

comment by mouse_ · 2025-06-14 · in Think twice before abandoning Xorg. Wayland breaks everything

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What does the DEI-free commitment mean? · Issue #40 · X11Libre/xserver

story by rbanffy · 2025-06-13 · 0 comments

…a counter example right above my post. Someone was so motivated to work on it, they even forked it: https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver Granted the fork seems weirdly ideologically motivated but anyway, case in point.

comment by cardanome · 2025-06-11 · in Introducing stronger dependencies on systemd

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story by gjvc · 2025-06-11 · 7 comments

…improvements on their own project. https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2025/06/06/msg032... https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver

comment by yolkedgeek · 2025-06-11 · in Introducing stronger dependencies on systemd

Related https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujJCyXfWpOo Also claims HN blocks talk about xlibre fork https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver

comment by knowitnone · 2025-06-10 · in Freedesktop team member closes all open xserver merge requests

we have xlibre now https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver

comment by knowitnone · 2025-06-10 · in Ubuntu 25.10 drops support for GNOME on Xorg

…killing Xorg", XLibre being "free of DEI discrimination" and wanting to "Make X great again!" ( https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver ). And he posted an antivax conspiracy on the Linux kernel mailing list (…

comment by Mordagh · 2025-06-09 · in XLibre Xserver: Banned by Red Hat Developer Plans Revival of X11

I am pretty sure you are wrong. They even tell in the README https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver that nvidia is going to be a problem.

comment by ibotty · 2025-06-06 · in The X.Org Server just got forked (announcing XLibre)

…X.Org is treated as done and why the dev forked; I think I get why the OP didn’t link that instead. https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/tree/xlibre/master

comment by ZekeSulastin · 2025-06-06 · in The X.Org Server just got forked (announcing XLibre)

…after getting the boot [0]. [0] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/merge_requests... [1] https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/commits/xlibre/prepare/

comment by throwaway1482 · 2025-06-06 · in The X.Org Server just got forked (announcing XLibre)

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