[fsug-tvm] Re: : Ubuntu plans to replace X-server with Wayland server

2010-11-20 Thread prakreet
the main problem canonical is going to face is getting graphics card vendors to support wayland display server.. the graphics card drivers need to be rewritten to support wayland. nvidia publicly said that they have no plans to release drivers supporting wayland.. if all distros take up wayland,

Re: [fsug-tvm] Re: : Ubuntu plans to replace X-server with Wayland server

2010-11-13 Thread ranjith.saj...@gmail.com
Yes google with android showed that great things happen when someone stands strong behind a project n takes bold moves.. i hope ubuntu takes linux to the whole world.. I support Canonical for This move. Wayland with X-tunneling will be good. Regards Ranjith Siji Walking Ants Technologies

Re: [fsug-tvm] Re: : Ubuntu plans to replace X-server with Wayland server

2010-11-13 Thread Saji Nediyanchath
I thinking this is just a part of what we say, 'thinking out of the box'. Well, only with such off the road decisions can linux hope to have a better user acceptance. What I understood from the decision is that Xserver is something like a legacy software, it had not been designed for graphics

[fsug-tvm] Re: : Ubuntu plans to replace X-server with Wayland server

2010-11-12 Thread prakreet
I support canonical on their bold move.. i think someone needs to take some bold steps to make linux better.. google with android showed that great things happen when someone stands strong behind a project n takes bold moves.. i hope ubuntu takes linux to the whole world.. -- Freedom is the

[fsug-tvm] Re: : Ubuntu plans to replace X-server with Wayland server

2010-11-06 Thread Visakh
Hi, Agreed that Canonical is a little bit aggressive on this. But Desktop Linux can definitely use some modernization. It is starting to remind me of Win XP and Win 7. Regards, Gokul Das On Nov 6, 2:18 pm, JeevZ jeevan...@gmail.com wrote: There are other Distros like Mandriva or Fedora. Why