Xfce's Wayland Compositor Code Continues Improving

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Xfce's Wayland Compositor Code Continues Improving

A status update was posted this week around xfwm4-wayland with the Xfce Wayland compositor code...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/xfwm4-wayland-May-2023

[tachi]

Looking forward to finally seeing my Xfce desktop on Wayland!

[avis]

Looking forward to finally seeing my Xfce desktop on Wayland!

In 2026 maybe. As an alpha version. With a ton of crashes and missing features.

XFCE needs to run a fundraising campaign.

[murlakatamenka]

Such news are mixed bag for me. While certainly nice to see Wayland getting more traction, it's such a waste of human efforts.
Imagine Wayland being like Bitcoin: white paper and reference implementation everyone can use*. The spec was released like 15 years ago (yeah, that much). Fragmentation ... (also see https://dudemanguy.github.io/blog/po...land-xorg.html)

I've recently had xdg-desktop-portal-{kde,gnome,gtk,wlr,hyprland} installed, which occurred almost naturally. Hi, crappy gnome file picker and screen sharing on Wayland

(* yes, there is Weston, but is it used by anyone? All the projects has their own compositors)

[Zeioth]

It would be really awesome having XFCE back. It is still one of the best DE by far in all aspects.

[rhysperry111]

XFCE needs to run a fundraising campaign.

Their Open Collective pages have plenty of donations sitting there waiting to be used, so I feel that it's less of a money thing and just maintainers' time. Of course, please do donate to show that you love the work that they are doing.

https://opencollective.com/xfce

https://opencollective.com/xfce-eu

[NobodyXu]

S
uch news are mixed bag for me. While certainly nice to see Wayland getting more traction, it's such a waste of human efforts.
Imagine Wayland being like Bitcoin: white paper and reference implementation everyone can use*. The spec was released like 15 years ago (yeah, that much). Fragmentation ... (also see https://dudemanguy.github.io/blog/po...land-xorg.html)

I've recently had xdg-desktop-portal-{kde,gnome,gtk,wlr,hyprland} installed, which occurred almost naturally. Hi, crappy gnome file picker and screen sharing on Wayland

(* yes, there is Weston, but is it used by anyone? All the projects has their own compositors)

Why don't they use wlroots though?
It's quite mature compared to weston and can create a very much usable desktop (swaywm).

[JPFSanders]

In 2026 maybe. As an alpha version. With a ton of crashes and missing features.

XFCE needs to run a fundraising campaign.

True XFCE could do with more resources.

Also weren't you the one who claimed XFCE was dead?

You pollute every single thread you are on, shitting all over the place you filthy bird.

Why are you here? Just to suffer?

[blackshard]

Imagine Wayland being like Bitcoin: white paper and reference implementation everyone can use*.

(* yes, there is Weston, but is it used by anyone? All the projects has their own compositors)

Wayland is reference protocol, Weston is the "proof of concept" implementation. Weston is not meant to be used as a daily gear, but as an example implementation of Weston protocol features. Or am I missing something?

[TemplarGR]

Nice of XFCE joining the 21st century.