@alexdeathway to [email protected] • 4 months agoELI5 the whole Wayland vs X11 going on.message-square125arrow-up1204arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up1188arrow-down1message-squareELI5 the whole Wayland vs X11 going on.@alexdeathway to [email protected] • 4 months agomessage-square125file-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•4 months agoI remember messing around with font servers 25 years ago in XFree86. Are font servers still a thing with X11?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•edit-24 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).