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XMir Articles & Reviews

Ubuntu 14.10 XMir System Compositor Benchmarks   Operating Systems   2014-10-23
Early Ubuntu 14.04 Intel XMir Benchmarks   Display Drivers   2014-01-02
XMir Performance Measured On Ubuntu 13.10   Software   2013-10-19
X.Org vs. XMir On KDE, Xfce, Unity Desktops   Software   2013-09-24
Mesa 9.2 X.Org/Mir Ubuntu 13.10 Performance Benchmarks   Display Drivers   2013-08-30
Composite Bypass Support Sharply Bumps XMir's Performance   Software   2013-08-29
Intel Haswell Laptop Impact When Running XMir   Display Drivers   2013-08-18
Unity On XMir Performance For Nouveau Gallium3D   Software   2013-06-30
2D Performance Also Impacted By Unity On XMir   Software   2013-06-29
The First Benchmarks Of Unity On XMir: There's A Performance Hit   Display Drivers   2013-06-28

XMir Linux & Open-Source News

Intel's SNA 2D Acceleration Code Sees Rare Activity   Intel   2019-09-29
Ubuntu Touch Nearing Updated Unity 8 + Mir, But Not Yet Full Wayland   Ubuntu   2019-06-08
VMware 13.3 X.Org Driver Brings DRI3 With Latest Mesa, X.Org Server 1.20 Support   X.Org   2018-05-17
Mir's Wayland Support Will Now Let You Drag Around Windows   Ubuntu   2018-02-23
UBports Is Making Progress With Unity 8 On The Desktop   Ubuntu   2018-01-06
Mir 1.0 Appears Close, But No Wayland Client Support Yet Nor Vulkan   Ubuntu   2017-08-12
Mir Developer Pleads The Case "Why Mir"   Ubuntu   2017-04-12
Some In The Ubuntu Community Want To Fork, Maintain Unity 8   Ubuntu   2017-04-06
Ubuntu 17.04 Still Hasn't Landed X.Org Server 1.19   Ubuntu   2017-03-25
SDL2's Mir Backend Sees Some Updates   Ubuntu   2016-09-22
Libertine: Allowing X11 Debian Packages To Run On The Next-Gen Ubuntu Desktop   Ubuntu   2016-07-05
Mir 0.18 Release Brings Prep Work For Vulkan, Libinput By Default   Ubuntu   2015-12-22
Intel's 3.0 X.Org Driver Has Now Been In Development For Two Years   Intel   2015-09-07
Mir-On-X11, Latency Drops & Other Changes Coming To Mir 0.15   Ubuntu   2015-07-29
Mir 0.14 Enters Development   Ubuntu   2015-05-08
Ubuntu Benchmarking Workloads + Clouds   Ubuntu   2015-05-06
The Unity 8 Items Being Worked On For The Ubuntu Desktop   Ubuntu   2015-05-06
It's A Long Road Ahead To Get Ubuntu Snappy On The Desktop   Ubuntu   2015-05-05
A Bunch Of Mir Improvemends Land In GTK+   GNOME   2015-02-05
X.Org Apps Now Running On Ubuntu Touch/Phone   X.Org   2015-01-12
Valve's Dota 2 Game Can (Still) Run Natively On Mir   Linux Gaming   2014-12-08
Intel's 3.0 X.Org Driver Takes Another Step Closer To Release   Intel   2014-09-08
Intel 3.0 X.Org Driver Still Baking, New Development Release   Intel   2014-07-23
The X Window System Turns 30 Years Old Today   X.Org   2014-06-19
GTK+ Support Moves Along For Unity 8 On Mir   GNOME   2014-06-18
Intel X.Org Gets DRI3+Present, Variable Cursor Sizes, Improved DRI2   Intel   2014-06-10
Canonical Starts Adding Performance Tests To Mir   Ubuntu   2014-05-15
Eight Months Later, Intel X.Org 3.0 Driver Still In Development   Intel   2014-05-04
Running The Unity 8 Preview Session On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS   Ubuntu   2014-04-17
Initial XWayland Support Looks To Land In X.Org Server 1.16   X.Org   2014-03-26
Intel 3.0 X.Org Driver Lands Yet More Changes   Intel   2014-03-20
Mark Shuttleworth: Mir By Default In Ubuntu 16.04 LTS   Ubuntu   2014-03-12
Trying The Unity 8 Desktop Session On Ubuntu 14.04   Ubuntu   2014-03-09
Unity 8 + Mir Can Now Be Tried On The Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop   Ubuntu   2014-02-24
Mir Display Server Support Lands In SDL2   Ubuntu   2014-02-03
Mir Gets OpenGL-Based Screen Rotation Support   Ubuntu   2014-01-22
Intel X.Org Driver Gets Fixes, Broadwell Acceleration   Intel   2013-12-30
X.Org Server 1.16 Planned For A July Debut   X.Org   2013-12-27
X.Org Server 1.15 Release Has Several New Features   X.Org   2013-12-27
KDE Plasma 2 Technology Preview Released   KDE   2013-12-20
Exciting Upcoming Linux Hardware Reviews, Articles   Hardware   2013-12-12
Canonical Commits To Mir For Ubuntu 14.10   Ubuntu   2013-11-25
Canonical Working On Mesa Code Again For Mir   Mesa   2013-11-21
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Won't Be Powered By Mir   Ubuntu   2013-11-19
Mir 0.1.1 Has Arrived, But Light On Features   Ubuntu   2013-11-16
Intel X.Org Driver Released With New Stability Fixes   Intel   2013-11-13
No XWayland Or XMir For X.Org Server 1.15   X.Org   2013-11-02
Will Mir Come On The Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop?   Ubuntu   2013-10-18
Intel X.Org 3.0 Driver To Get One More Feature   Intel   2013-10-09
Mir 0.0.13 Released With Various Fixes   Ubuntu   2013-10-03
Multi-Monitor Support Is Not XMir's Only Problem   Ubuntu   2013-10-02
Ubuntu 13.10 Desktop Will Not Use XMir By Default   Ubuntu   2013-10-01
Intel Hardware & Linux 3.12 Dominated September   Phoronix   2013-09-30
Intel Steps Closer To 3.0 X.Org Driver Release   Intel   2013-09-29
Next Week Will Be Real Exciting For Linux Users   Linux Kernel   2013-09-20
Mir Gets Workaround For Visual Glitches, Corruption   Ubuntu   2013-09-13
A Buggy Mir Shown Running Unity 8 On Ubuntu Touch   Ubuntu   2013-09-12
2D Performance Is Improving For Ubuntu 13.10 XMir   Ubuntu   2013-09-10
Luc Verhaegen Comments On Intel/Mir Politics   Intel   2013-09-10
Mir Now Has DPMS Power Management Support   Ubuntu   2013-09-07
Intel Reverts Plans, Will Not Support Ubuntu's XMir   Intel   2013-09-07
System76 Gazelle Pro: A High Performance Linux Laptop   Phoronix   2013-09-05
Intel 3.0 Linux Driver To Enable SNA, Support XMir   Intel   2013-09-04
Pipelight, X.Org, exFAT & Wayland Topped This Month   Phoronix   2013-08-31
Mir Now Has Improved Multi-Monitor Synchronization   Ubuntu   2013-08-30
Composition Bypass Support Lands To Speed Up Mir   Ubuntu   2013-08-29
NVIDIA/AMD Still Reportedly Working On Mir Drivers   Hardware   2013-08-28
The XMir Security Issue Should Now Be Resolved   Ubuntu   2013-08-23
Xfce-Based Xubuntu Will Not Ship XMir For 13.10   Desktop   2013-08-22
XMir Has A Big Security Problem With VT Switching   Ubuntu   2013-08-22
Per-Session Display Configuration For Mir Has Landed   Ubuntu   2013-08-19
X.Org 7.8 Isn't Actively Being Pursued   X.Org   2013-08-11
XMir Lands In Ubuntu 13.10 Main   Ubuntu   2013-08-09
Radeon Driver On XMir Still Is Messy Experience   Radeon   2013-08-07
The Performance Penalty Of Xfce/Xubuntu On XMir   Ubuntu   2013-08-06
XMir-Based Xubuntu Images Now Available   Ubuntu   2013-08-06
Unity 8 Is Now Available For Testing In Ubuntu 13.10   Operating Systems   2013-08-02
What Linux Distribution Should Be Benchmarked The Most?   Phoronix   2013-07-26
Mir 0.0.8 Released, Weekly Update   Ubuntu   2013-07-24
XBMC Ported To Run On Mir Display Server   Multimedia   2013-07-23
Canonical Posts X.Org, Driver Patches For XMir   X.Org   2013-07-22
KDE Should Be Fully Running On Wayland Next Summer   KDE   2013-07-22
Canonical Releases Mir 0.0.7 Display Server   Free Software   2013-07-16
Canonical Continues Working On XMir Performance   Ubuntu   2013-07-15
Nouveau Fermi Performance On Ubuntu 13.10   Nouveau   2013-07-12
Mir Support Not Merged For Mesa 9.2   Mesa   2013-07-11
Mark Shuttleworth Declares Mir A Performance Win   Ubuntu   2013-07-09
Phoronix Test Suite 4.6-Sokndal Milestone 2 Released   Phoronix Test Suite   2013-07-06
June Was A Very Diverse Month For Linux Enthusiasts   Phoronix   2013-06-30
XWayland 2D Performance Appears Better Than XMir   Wayland   2013-06-30
LXDE-Based Lubuntu Will Not Ship Mir Display Server   Free Software   2013-06-29
Mir 0.0.5 Released; Kubuntu Will Stick To X/Wayland   Ubuntu   2013-06-27
Canonical Will Now Ship Mir By Default In Ubuntu 13.10   Ubuntu   2013-06-27
Xfce, LXDE, & GNOME Are Running On Ubuntu XMir   Ubuntu   2013-06-24
There's Now An Ubuntu Touch PPA For Unity 8, Mir   Ubuntu   2013-06-22
X.Org, Mir Plans Are Made Up For Ubuntu 13.10   X.Org   2013-05-14
X.Org Server 1.14 "Keemun Mao Feng" Released   X.Org   2013-03-06
Valve's Steam Box Will Most Likely Use An X.Org Server   Valve   2013-03-05
Videos Of Unity Running On Mir Via X Server   Desktop   2013-03-05