https://github.com/joske/yserverAI Overviewyserver is a modern X11 server written entirely from scratch in Rust. Created by developer Jos Dehaes with assistance from the AI coding tool Claude Code, the project aims to provide a practical display server for modern Linux environments by completely dropping decades of legacy X11 baggage. Core Approach: Dropping the BaggageUnlike X.Org, yserver is not a 1:1 clone. It explicitly removes obsolete X11 features that modern applications no longer use:• Dropped: Multiple X11 screens, non-TrueColor legacy visuals, indirect GLX, endian-swapped clients, and the old DDX driver ABI.• Architecture: It directly interfaces with hardware via DRM/KMS and Vulkan 1.2. This bypasses traditional middleware layers for a cleaner, more secure path to the GPU.• Execution: It utilizes libseat for rootless seat management and operates on a single-threaded core for predictable protocol behavior.
>>110107428Features & Tested EnvironmentsDespite being a young project, yserver has progressed rapidly to support major X11 extensions:• Supported Extensions: RandR (fractional scaling/rotation, gamma correction), DRI3, GLX acceleration, Composite, XINERAMA, XKB keyboard layouts, and XFIXES.• Desktop Parity: It can run fully functional desktop environments like MATE, Xfce, Cinnamon, and Plasma, as well as window managers like Openbox, Compiz, and Awesome.• Compatibility: It successfully runs Steam games, CDE/Motif apps, and has been ported to support FreeBSD and Alpine Linux (musl).• Hardware: Compatible across AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, Snapdragon X1, Apple Silicon, and virtio-gpu.
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>>110107428>in Rustgay
it's named yserver because you see it and think: "but y?"
>>110107428What problem does this solve?
could've been midly interest if it wasn't a vibe coded turd
>>110107461y not?
>>110107466The C-nile problem. Total C-nile Death!
>>110107466Dunno but X11 is so old and yucky now and wayland is gay something new needs to be designed from scratch
I unironically miss when Rust was associated with trannies instead of vibejeets.
>>110107505They're hijraGODS now granma
>>110107428I'll stick to xlibre thanks all IA projects only for ported game executables not for OSes or general software.
>>110107505Poojeets have seamlessly melded into most tranny spaces. I think that says a lot about both of them.
>>110107428HEY. How dare you step on my perch! I'm the self-designated yserver shill here.>>110107466Just two weeks ago, xorg had 12 CVE's published against it.Not a big deal, right?Well, they cut a release "21.1.25" which contained the needed security fixes, except it accidentally broke the DDX driver ABI, making things actually worse lol.So you had for example Arch shipping a broken package for a week+, until they bothered to backport some fixes.yserver neither had the CVE's, nor relies on DDX drivers.Putting that aside, yserver gives you a modern rendering architecture (the good parts from some wayland compositors) while still retaining all the X11 features.It's not something you must use. xorg still just works (release woes aside) after all. But it's a very nice, and original, option to have. I'm running it right now, and it appears to be working just fine.>>110107471The developer appears to be competent and very attentive to user reports. But waiting for 2-3 months to see how it matures is not a bad idea, of course.
>>110107694>HEY. How dare you step on my perch! I'm the self-designated yserver shill here.Hop off my dick if you want me to step off your perch.
>>110107760shut up /g/eetoid. you're not OP. you didn't actually think you're anonymous, did you?
>>110107466Anthropic's debt.>Created with assistance from the AI coding tool Claude CodeThis is like the third attempt to fix X11 with AIslop, and like the previous attempts it will be abandoned when the >dev stops getting attention or runs out of credits.
Dehaes nuts
>>110107803it already works(tm) retard
>>110107428Why are the Rust cult members the only ones who go around saying they wrote everything in their special unicorn language? I don't go around saying I wrote something in C#, C, C++ or Pascal. Seems like a dogwhistle for the unhinged community.
>>110107428>Dropped: Multiple X11 screens?
>>110108139Until you have a bug and no one has a clue how to fix it
>>110107428Good to see he's still going. The problem I see with LLM assisted repos is not that people can make it compile and run, but if they will actually bother maintaining after they make a big r*ddit post about it.
Do I even need to say why this is bad?1. Vibe-coded2. Rust, which has a lot of problems. Compiler is slow, community is Gay AF. I don't have anything with gay people, it's just that most are fucking retarded.3. X11, even if it's slow, has legacy garbage, it''s pretty good. And x11 > wayland cuz most software needs XWayland and Wayland+XWayland is slower than X11.
>>1101094201. You're a retard2. You're a retard3. You're a retard
>>110107428Can I take screenshots of singular windows with this by searching for the window title like in x11?
>>110107428>in RustKill yourself.
>>110107428i have rust fatigue
>joske>joke
>>110109420>cuz most software needs XWaylandall the gui software im running are wayland native now, you must live 15 years in the past.
>>110110012rest of software you won't run because of wayland security features
>>110107471just like your kernel
>>110107428But problems with X are in its design, not the language it's written in.
>>110110427so hopefully soon we'll have new better vibecoded display servers, better designed - because Wayland is sabotage of Linux too
>>110109108Literally not a problem in the current year of our Lord if you're using the best models.
>>110108871Because being written in Rust means a class of issues basically don't exist. No one cares about your GCd nonsense or crashy C++.
>>110108871Why can't C devs do it? They wouldn't need to hide anything, right?
>>110107466Wayland doesn’t handle programs controlling your computerThis is important if your arms don’t work and you need a program like Talon to click on buttons for you
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>>110109081doesn't mean connectors (monitors) or DISPLAYs. either it's a stale entry, or a "feature" no one of us ever seen lol.
>>110109820>like X11IT IS X11.If anything doesn't work, it's a bug (which will be fixed in <48h).
>>110112546No it's not. OP mentioned that it's written entirely from scratch, that obsolete features have been dropped, and that it's not a 1:1 clone.That means that some X11 features might not be implemented yet. This particular feature is not supported by wayland, so the devs or their AI might have considered it obsolete. It really depends on how they decided on what features to drop.
>>110112963X11 is a protocol, genius. And it is an X11 implantation. So IT IS X11. It is not Xorg.The readme is probably stale. Anything people use will be implemented, or probably already implemented.The thing you specifically asked for already works (obviously). I just wanted to provide a more generic answer that covers more questions.And the project builds in under a minute, so you could literally try it out between writing two /g/ comments.
>>110107694xorg is over 20 years old. why is a window manager still getting a dozen CVEs after 20 years. insane.
>>110110427x11 is a fine protocol, the x.org implementation is just shit
>>110107466It replaces cjeets.
>With TFP implemented, we now support compiz, demo here:>wobbywindows.mp4BASED AND NOSTALGIAPILLED
>>110107428It's nice to have non-meme alternatives, I guess.
>>110107694Real CVEs or hallucinated CVEs?
>>110118365>>110006923>>110034715
>>110107428isnt indirect glx the way glquake.x11 runs over ssh -X
>>110108871It's the same with Go, Zig and other modern languages.>dogwhistleThis is not what dogwhistle means. No one is trying to imply anything, it literally outright states what language it is written in so other developers that use said language will want to check it out to see how they did it.
>>110119584the github language graph at the bottom shows it though
>>110120499Yeah it does.
