X.Org Server Now Runs Without Root On OpenBSD

[justmy2cents]

Thanks! But I think it might take a while before this will hit Arch. I'll certainly keep an eye on this.

hopefully, i'll never see it. i'd rather get wayland

[Rexilion]

hopefully, i'll never see it. i'd rather get wayland

I'll wait another 3 years before most of the bugs are ironed out once a compositor is released. At this rate, who knows when we'll see a day to day use version?

[endman]

I wish Linux would have this too.

Ever hear of Wayland and Weston?

I still have it installed, so any great ideas of how to make it a decent desktop OS is appreciated, but I'm not holding my breath...

There are none. You are far better off installing something else which will likely be far more useful.

[JX8p]

Ever hear of Wayland and Weston?

You'll be waiting a while yet for them to be functional replacements for X11.

There are none. You are far better off installing something else which will likely be far more useful.

He can simply install GNOME 3 or KDE, XFce, whatever suits him- and then work from there.

[scjet]

Phoronix: X.Org Server Now Runs Without Root On OpenBSD

The OpenBSD operating system now supports running its X.Org Server without root permissions for better security...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTYxMjg

Thanks for article, this is definitely good news