This is the thread I was referring to where he was discussing bugs and how XMir is a poor approach for an entire desktop: https://plus.sandbox.google.com/115606635748721265446/posts/jdbSVidJyWH
My syncing comment was just referring to the fact that as XMir simply houses an X server and directs its output to a surface, and so provides none of the tear-free advantages that Wayland (and ultimately Mir) were designed for. The comments on that G+ thread are particularly interesting, and it's worth noting that XWayland (which is comparable to XMir) is not even being considered for a full desktop, not even as a stop gap. It exists to support individual legacy X applications on Wayland only... because it's way too flakey, buggy and performance hitting to run such a compatibility layer for your desktop. On 9 July 2013 10:02, Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff <ser...@elementaryos.org>wrote: > Luke Benstead, the info about frame sync issues in XMir is EXACTLY what I > feared. Could you post a link to the original post by KWin developer to the > thread about Mir? It should be right next to this one. > > -- > Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff > OS architect @ elementary >
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