On 02.04.2014 15:29, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > On 04/02/2014 08:20 AM, poma wrote: >> On 02.04.2014 13:54, Liam Proven wrote: >>> On 2 April 2014 10:37, Patrick O'Callaghan >>> <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> but a redesign of the X protocol, i.e. it's not ABI >>>> compatible. >>> >>> >>> No, it's not a redesign of anything. It is an entirely new GUI >>> layer which entirely replaces X.11 - as has been done in both >>> Android and Mac OS X and which Canonical are attempting to do >>> with Mir. > >> Mir was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 >> to 2001, owned at first by the Soviet Union and then by Russia. Mir >> was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from >> 1986 to 1996. > >> How much is Tour de Mir per capita? > > > I realize you're likely being a troll, but Mir is Canonical/Ubuntu's > alternative to Wayland. It's another post-X11, compositing display > server meant to address basically the same needs that Wayland does. > Canonical made a big noise a few years ago that Wayland was the wrong > approach and tried to get support for its alternative, but years later > Wayland is nearly ready for use and Mir has seen countless delays, as > well as zero distributions adopting it outside of Ubuntu. > > Maybe I should ask Mark. :) poma -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
