alexdeathway ( alexdeathway@programming.dev ) to Linux@lemmy.ml · 3 years agoELI5 the whole Wayland vs X11 going on.message-squaremessage-square76linkfedilinkarrow-up1127file-text
arrow-up1127message-squareELI5 the whole Wayland vs X11 going on.alexdeathway ( alexdeathway@programming.dev ) to Linux@lemmy.ml · 3 years agomessage-square76linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareneidu2 ( neidu2@feddit.nl ) linkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 years agoI remember messing around with font servers 25 years ago in XFree86. Are font servers still a thing with X11?
minus-squarerufus ( rufus@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 years 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).