Xfwl4 - The roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor
"We, the Xfce team are excited to share some great news!
After careful consideration, we’ve decided on a meaningful way to use the generous donations from our community: funding longtime Xfce core developer Brian Tarricone to create xfwl4, a brand-new Wayland compositor for Xfce.
This initiative will utilize a significant portion of the project’s donated funds, but we believe it’s an important investment in Xfce’s future.
The goal is, that xfwl4 will offer the same functionality and behavior as xfwm4 does, or as much as possible considering the differences between X11 and Wayland. Using xfwl4 should feel just like using xfwm4 on X11. We even plan to reuse the existing xfwm4 configuration dialogs and xfconf settings to ensure a seamless transition.
Xfwl4 will not be based on the existing xfwm4 code. Instead, it will be written from scratch in rust, using smithay building blocks."
https://alexxcons.github.io/blogpost_15.html
#Xfce #Wayland #Linux #Rust
As a bit of a diversion, I somehow ended up working through the #golang #tutorial this weekend.
I don't remotely consider myself much of a programmer. Possibly, a bit of a code janitor. I was just looking for a bit of an introduction to an unfamiliar language.
I have to say, #Go has some really clear, clean, and helpful #Documentation for a beginner wanting to get started with the language. I'm impressed.
Between the interactive tour(https://go.dev/tour/welcome/1) and the Getting Started tutorial(https://go.dev/doc/tutorial/), I honestly had fun dipping my toes into Go.
https://go.dev/learn/
Additional resources:
https://gobyexample.com/
#programming
New instance. New beginning.
mastodon.social 20190705 -> 20221122
fosstodon.org 20221122 -> 20250611
hachyderm.io 20250611 -> ????
Third times a charm, no? Here's to almost six years on the #Fediverse.
To the future! And beyond!🚀
#Introduction
Xfwl4 - The roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor
"We, the Xfce team are excited to share some great news!
After careful consideration, we’ve decided on a meaningful way to use the generous donations from our community: funding longtime Xfce core developer Brian Tarricone to create xfwl4, a brand-new Wayland compositor for Xfce.
This initiative will utilize a significant portion of the project’s donated funds, but we believe it’s an important investment in Xfce’s future.
The goal is, that xfwl4 will offer the same functionality and behavior as xfwm4 does, or as much as possible considering the differences between X11 and Wayland. Using xfwl4 should feel just like using xfwm4 on X11. We even plan to reuse the existing xfwm4 configuration dialogs and xfconf settings to ensure a seamless transition.
Xfwl4 will not be based on the existing xfwm4 code. Instead, it will be written from scratch in rust, using smithay building blocks."
https://alexxcons.github.io/blogpost_15.html
#Xfce #Wayland #Linux #Rust
As a bit of a diversion, I somehow ended up working through the #golang #tutorial this weekend.
I don't remotely consider myself much of a programmer. Possibly, a bit of a code janitor. I was just looking for a bit of an introduction to an unfamiliar language.
I have to say, #Go has some really clear, clean, and helpful #Documentation for a beginner wanting to get started with the language. I'm impressed.
Between the interactive tour(https://go.dev/tour/welcome/1) and the Getting Started tutorial(https://go.dev/doc/tutorial/), I honestly had fun dipping my toes into Go.
https://go.dev/learn/
Additional resources:
https://gobyexample.com/
#programming
New instance. New beginning.
mastodon.social 20190705 -> 20221122
fosstodon.org 20221122 -> 20250611
hachyderm.io 20250611 -> ????
Third times a charm, no? Here's to almost six years on the #Fediverse.
To the future! And beyond!🚀
#Introduction
Kevin Bowen :xfce: