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owl
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Blink virtual machine now supports running GUI programs
Well, there is a Wayland Compositor for macOS:
https://github.com/owl-compositor/owl
It still lacks a lot of features though (I think, I never tried it out)
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X Window System Basics
> X runs on so many more platforms than Wayland [...] Python3 is strictly an improvement on every platform, I don't think they're analogous because there really is no good reason to keep Python2 around
X runs on more platforms than Wayland because...it was ported to them. Just like things use Python 3 because they were ported to it.
This is also understating the reach of X I think: it's widely used in the embedded world, is seeing increasing support in BSDs, and has even been used on macOS (https://github.com/owl-compositor/owl). People have even used it to embed an entire compositor inside a GTK app (https://github.com/alexlarsson/wakefield).
That isn't to say that libwayland has a lot of Linux-isms in it, but afaik they're not really structural as much as there is lack of interest to generalize things more. Heck, the protocol-oriented architecture would even make it easier for anything Linux-esque to be removed in favor of alternative protocols.
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Valve is Paying 100+ Open-Source Developers to work on Proton, Mesa, and More
Yup, the Owl compositor implements Wayland on Quartz (the macOS graphics system).
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Release 1.2.0 · 89luca89/distrobox
Thanks! FYI there is a wayland compositor for macos too, so it would be nice to be able to use that with linux apps in a VM...
- Owl: A WIP portable Wayland compositor written in Objective-C
wakefield
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X Window System Basics
> X runs on so many more platforms than Wayland [...] Python3 is strictly an improvement on every platform, I don't think they're analogous because there really is no good reason to keep Python2 around
X runs on more platforms than Wayland because...it was ported to them. Just like things use Python 3 because they were ported to it.
This is also understating the reach of X I think: it's widely used in the embedded world, is seeing increasing support in BSDs, and has even been used on macOS (https://github.com/owl-compositor/owl). People have even used it to embed an entire compositor inside a GTK app (https://github.com/alexlarsson/wakefield).
That isn't to say that libwayland has a lot of Linux-isms in it, but afaik they're not really structural as much as there is lack of interest to generalize things more. Heck, the protocol-oriented architecture would even make it easier for anything Linux-esque to be removed in favor of alternative protocols.
What are some alternatives?
distrobox - Use any linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Mirror available at: https://gitlab.com/89luca89/distrobox
imgui - Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies
XQuartz - An X11 server and client libraries for macOS
xdotool - fake keyboard/mouse input, window management, and more
blink - tiniest x86-64-linux emulator
xserver-SIXEL - A X server implementation for SIXEL-featured terminals, based on @pelya's Xsdl kdrive server(https://github.com/pelya/xserver-xsdl)
blink - Blink Mobile Shell for iOS (Mosh based)
SDH-PauseGames - Decky Loader Plugin for Steam Deck to Pause and Resume games
Windows Terminal - The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place!