alexdeathway@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoELI5 the whole Wayland vs X11 going on.message-squaremessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up1183arrow-down1message-squareELI5 the whole Wayland vs X11 going on.alexdeathway@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml · 6 months agomessage-square123fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareneidu2@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·6 months agoI remember messing around with font servers 25 years ago in XFree86. Are font servers still a thing with X11?
minus-squarerufus@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-26 months agoThe X font server has been deprecated like 10 years ago. I doubt you’ll find it as an option in a modern distribution. Nowadays fonts are rendered by the client (application) with something like the Cairo library (if I’m not mistaken).
I remember messing around with font servers 25 years ago in XFree86. Are font servers still a thing with X11?
The X font server has been deprecated like 10 years ago. I doubt you’ll find it as an option in a modern distribution. Nowadays fonts are rendered by the client (application) with something like the Cairo library (if I’m not mistaken).