glaucus
A simple and lightweight Linux® distribution based on musl libc and toybox (by glaucuslinux)
arcan
Arcan - [Display Server, Multimedia Framework, Game Engine] -> "Desktop Engine" (by letoram)
| glaucus | arcan | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 33 | |
| 282 | 1,492 | |
| 5.7% | - | |
| 8.1 | 8.0 | |
| 12 days ago | 19 days ago | |
| C | ||
| ISC License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
glaucus
Posts with mentions or reviews of glaucus.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-22.
- Release glaucus-s6-x86-64-v3-28042023 · glaucuslinux/glaucus
- Release glaucus-s6-x86-64-v3-11102022 · glaucuslinux/glaucus
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Would creating my own Linux Distro from scratch be a good way to learn how linux works for a complete beginner?
Glaucus is another one man project, his Github site has a lot of good info and links to other awesome projects
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Suckless distro
Glaucus
- Tiny Core Linux is rolling over in their graves right now. (Source: https://wiki.glaucuslinux.org/preface/foreword/)
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Recursive List
He also forgot about Glaucus Linux (previously, Snail Linux) https://github.com/glaucuslinux/glaucus
arcan
Posts with mentions or reviews of arcan.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-08.
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Is there a cross-platform graphics library that can run without X or wayland that runs on the BSD's bare-metal?
Something like this ? https://arcan-fe.com/
- X.org Alternatives? MicroXWin, Wayland, Y, DFB, Xynth, Fresco, etc. (2009)
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kirby.nvim: design update
This requires to remove the terminal emulator plus adjust IPC, like what arcan is doing: https://github.com/letoram/arcan
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VT330/VT340 Sixel Graphics
kragen, what's the current status of BubbleOS?
Also, I'm curious what you think of Arcan (https://arcan-fe.com)
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Qt Wayland: support for surviving a compositor crash was merged
afair ChromeOS do implement it, harder to find the commit but also know Arcan mentioned elsewhere in this thread added it quite a while ago https://github.com/letoram/arcan/commit/d547c55565a848946422e24eee324c8ed091ff15
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not the biggest Xorg fan, but it isn't all sunshine and rainbows in the promised Wayland.
I managed to find this one in my history: Arcan it does has a cool name ngl, I never tried it though
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Wayland blows ass and mostly functions as a launcher for x.org processes. Nobody needs, wants or asked for Wayland. It's nobody's fault but the assholes at FreeDesktop
Lol not arcan
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A Guide to the Terminal, Console, and Shell
See https://arcan-fe.com/, in particular Lash: https://arcan-fe.com/2022/10/15/whipping-up-a-new-shell-lash...
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Is Wayland really the best solution
LOL. Not. Meanwhile, one dude managed to write an entire display server that handles, both, Wayland and X11 apps: https://arcan-fe.com/
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SDL Tries Again To Prefer Wayland Over X11
Arcan is a decent contender for an actual way forward (and like PipeWire replacing PulseAudio, Arcan natively supports X11 and Wayland clients)
What are some alternatives?
When comparing glaucus and arcan you can also consider the following projects:
oasis - a small statically-linked linux system
hello-wayland - A hello world Wayland client (mirror)
GUIDE_how-to-install-dwm-in-qubesos - [Guide] How to install suckless' dwm in QubesOS
waybox - An openbox clone on Wayland (WIP)
awesome - A curated list of awesome projects
openbsd-wip - OpenBSD work in progress ports
kiss - KISS Linux - Package Manager
ydotool - Generic command-line automation tool (no X!)
awesome-wayland - A curated list of Wayland code and resources.
rdrview - Firefox Reader View as a command line tool
tldrlfs - Too Long; Didn't Read Linux From Scratch
etlegacy - ET: Legacy is an open source project based on the code of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory which was released in 2010 under the terms of the GPLv3 license.