Wayback 0.1 Released As First Preview Release For X11 Compatibility Layer (www.phoronix.com)
from KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml to linux@lemmy.ml on 24 Jul 18:33
https://lemmy.ml/post/33619715

“Wayback is an X11 compatibility layer that allows for running full X11-only desktop environments using Wayland. It is essentially an X11 server backed by Wayland, leveraging wlroots and Xwayland. Our goal is for Wayback to eventually be a completely drop-in replacement to the Xorg binary, thus reducing maintenance burden for distro maintainers.”

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nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world on 24 Jul 20:11 next collapse

Seems like popping open WSL in a Windows VM running inside a Linux host

data1701d@startrek.website on 25 Jul 06:00 next collapse

A more apt comparison would be using the Windows guest to remote into the Linux host via xorg piping, waypipe, VNC, RDP, etcetera, which conveys your feeling of weirdness while being a closer approximation of what this really does.

LeFantome@programming.dev on 25 Jul 14:21 collapse

It is more like creating a Linux kernel deigned to run only WINE.

turbowafflz@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 15:05 collapse

This project does exactly that, it runs a reimplementation of linux specifically to run wine on platforms that it doesn’t natively support. github.com/danoon2/Boxedwine

nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 19:50 collapse

finally I can play Solitaire on my HPUX

chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 14:09 collapse

This is good. Hopefully it’ll be extremely slimmed down and allow for remaining X11 applications to keep functioning.