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Xfinity Stream on Linux: A Tale of Widevine, ChromeOS, and a patched Glibc
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An X11 apologist tries Wayland
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How we wound up with Linux's kernel mode setting ('KMS')
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Using a Linux phone as a secondary monitor
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KDE: A Nice Tiling Environment and a Surprisingly Awesome DE
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VNC client running on a coffee machine
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A few HiDPI tricks for Linux
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Developing Wayland Color Management and High Dynamic Range
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On Abandoning the X Server
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The X.Org Server Is Abandonware?
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Firefox 80 and my confusion over its hardware accelerated video on Linux
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Firefox 80 to Support VA-API Acceleration on X11
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The sad state of screen sharing on desktop Linux
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Disney+ streaming uses draconian DRM
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Moving the Linux desktop to another reality
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The death watch for the X Window System has probably started
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Why don't we have Wayland on Raspberry Pi yet? (2018)
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Wayland misconceptions debunked
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Exposing the Wayland lie (2018)
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Arcan versus Xorg – Approaching Feature Parity
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Open Source Color Management Is Broken
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Intro to Low-Level Graphics on Linux
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Fedora dev: “HN feedback on what they want from their Desktop – We got it”
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Xfce bug: “default desktop screen causes damage to monitor”
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Fedora 25: With Wayland, Linux has never been easier (or more handsome)
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Bug: Cat sitting on keyboard crashes lightdm
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Wayland in Gnome: two progress reports
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XMir postponed in Ubuntu
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Intel rejection of Ubuntu’s Mir patch forces Canonical to go own way
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Intel Says No to Ubuntu's New Display Server
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Ubuntu 13.10 to ship with Mir instead of X
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The ways of Wayland
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Wayland - Beyond X
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Ubuntu To Ditch X Server For Wayland
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PCSX2 Disables Wayland Support
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Wayland Isn't Going to Save the Linux Desktop (2022)
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Xorg being removed. What does this mean?
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An update on HDR and color management in KWin
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X.org Server Clears Out Remnants for Supporting Old Compilers
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Ubuntu 24.10 to Default to Wayland for Nvidia Users
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Ideal OS: Rebooting the Desktop Operating System (2017)
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IntelliJ IDEs supports Wayland now
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