Commenters debate whether modern display resolutions and refresh rates necessitate GPU offloading for transparency effects or if CPU performance should suffice, while simultaneously arguing over the viability of Wayland versus X11 and the role of GNOME/GTK in the Linux ecosystem.
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xserver
C2025–2026
X11Libre / xserver
xserver
XLibre Xserver
33Distinct people
47Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
4.8KGitHub stars
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XLibre Xserver
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What people are saying
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Favorable Commenters describe the x11libre/xserver fork as an active alternative to Xorg that offers features like easy restart and avoids corporate control. One user notes it is currently useful but requires more polishing and development effort.
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Commenters describe the x11libre/xserver fork as an active alternative to Xorg that offers features like easy restart and avoids corporate control. One user notes it is currently useful but requires more polishing and development effort.
Supporting reply 1 · Supporting reply 2 · 1 discussions summarized
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HN mentions by month47 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2025-06-06 10:35:10 UTC to 2026-10-12 17:27:30 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Jun 2025 | 2025-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 14 | 3 | 11 |
| Jul 2025 | 2025-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Aug 2025 | 2025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2025 | 2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 2025 | 2025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 2025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2026 | 2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | 2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2026 | 2026-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
2 sourcesSAsaelthavron·Aug 20, 2026
At least one was looks like it was sourced from XLibre: https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/pull/1314
In Xorg-server 26.1.0 rc1I was about to reply that it is now a project with many contributions, but looking here:
https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/graphs/contributors?from...
it seems that there are only two additional significant contributors (an anonymous "stefan1111" and Alan Coopersmith, an X.org member who maintains the Solaris port), and a larger number of people who contributed a couple of commits here and there - and Enrico Weigelt (metux)'s commits are about three times as many as everyone else's combined. So, it is still very much his project, although not exclusively.
As for your links: You point to some exchanges which indicate problematic opinions, and an exchange which indicates, or at least, in which the project founder is accused of being somewhat reckless in making changes. The first kind of are legitimate to point out, and would make me wary
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of befriending him, but not directly relevant to his technical capabilities. The second kind is more worrying. Do you have a link to someone analyzing/considering the changes made to Xlibre relative to Xorg?
Be that as it may - while this does not sway me into belief in Wayland, it does introduce a grain of salt into my view of the X side of things, and thank you for that.