ELI5 the whole Wayland vs X11 going on. alexdeathway ( @alexdeathway@programming.dev ) Linux@lemmy.ml • 6 months ago message-square79fedilinkarrow-up1127
arrow-up1127message-squareELI5 the whole Wayland vs X11 going on. alexdeathway ( @alexdeathway@programming.dev ) Linux@lemmy.ml • 6 months ago message-square79fedilink
minus-square neidu2 ( @neidu2@feddit.nl ) linkfedilink4•6 months agoI remember messing around with font servers 25 years ago in XFree86. Are font servers still a thing with X11?
minus-square rufus ( @rufus@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilink5•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).