X.Org Server 1.19.3 Improves Driver Support by Reverting Page-Flipping Change

X.Org Server 1.19.3 Improves Driver Support by Reverting Page-Flipping Change

Also includes a couple of XWayland improvements

Wayland 1.13.0 Display Server Officially Released, Wayland 1.14 Lands in June

Wayland 1.13.0 Display Server Officially Released, Wayland 1.14 Lands in June

Weston 1.99.94 compositor is now available for testing

Wayland 1.12 Next-Gen Linux Display Server Officially Released with Many Goodies

Wayland 1.12 Next-Gen Linux Display Server Officially Released with Many Goodies

Weston 1.12 compositor has been released as well

Canonical Releases Massive Mir 0.24.0 Display Server Update for Ubuntu Linux OS

Canonical Releases Massive Mir 0.24.0 Display Server Update for Ubuntu Linux OS

There are numerous enhancements and bugfixes in this release

X.Org Server 1.18.4 Brings over 60 Improvements to GNU/Linux Operating Systems

X.Org Server 1.18.4 Brings over 60 Improvements to GNU/Linux Operating Systems

All users must update as soon as possible

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • May 23rd, 2016
Vulkan Support Might Be Implemented in Ubuntu Linux's Mir Display Server Soon

Vulkan Support Might Be Implemented in Ubuntu Linux's Mir Display Server Soon

Full support for the Vulkan API should come in Mir 0.24.0

X.Org Server 1.18 Gets a Big Pile of Updates in Its Second Maintenance Build

X.Org Server 1.18 Gets a Big Pile of Updates in Its Second Maintenance Build

xorg-server 1.18.2 is now available for select distros

Wayland 1.10 Display Server Officially Released, Wayland 1.11 Arrives May 2016

Wayland 1.10 Display Server Officially Released, Wayland 1.11 Arrives May 2016

The Weston 1.10 compositor was also released

  • Linux
  • By Silviu Stahie
  • January 22nd, 2016
Developer Explains Why the "Is Wayland Ready?" Question Is Wrong

Developer Explains Why the "Is Wayland Ready?" Question Is Wrong

The rest should be getting ready for Wayland

Ubuntu's Mir Display Server Prepares for Vulkan, Adds Better Multi-Monitor Support

Ubuntu's Mir Display Server Prepares for Vulkan, Adds Better Multi-Monitor Support

libinput is now used as the default input library

X.Org Server 1.18.0 Is Out for GNU/Linux Systems, X.Org Server 1.19 Development Starts

X.Org Server 1.18.0 Is Out for GNU/Linux Systems, X.Org Server 1.19 Development Starts

xorg-server-1.18.0 is now available for download

Ubuntu's Mir 0.17 Display Server Has Better Support for Third-Party Renderers

Ubuntu's Mir 0.17 Display Server Has Better Support for Third-Party Renderers

The libmircookie library has been introduced

Ubuntu's Mir Display Server Reaches Version 0.16 with Mir-on-X Refinements, More

Ubuntu's Mir Display Server Reaches Version 0.16 with Mir-on-X Refinements, More

Mir 0.16.0 is now available for download

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • July 28th, 2015
Ubuntu's Mir 0.14 Display Server Officially Released, Here's What's Coming in Mir 0.15

Ubuntu's Mir 0.14 Display Server Officially Released, Here's What's Coming in Mir 0.15

Here's what's new in the Mir 0.14 release

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • June 27th, 2015
Ubuntu's Mir 0.13 Display Server Receives a Major Update, Mir 0.14 on the Way

Ubuntu's Mir 0.13 Display Server Receives a Major Update, Mir 0.14 on the Way

Mir 0.13.3 display server available for download

  • Linux
  • By Silviu Stahie
  • May 12th, 2015
Mir Display Server Won't Allow Conky to Run in Unity 8

Mir Display Server Won't Allow Conky to Run in Unity 8

This will likely change after Mir lands on the desktop

  • Linux
  • By Silviu Stahie
  • December 5th, 2014
Dota 2 Runs Natively on Mir with the Same Performance as X11

Dota 2 Runs Natively on Mir with the Same Performance as X11

The developers are still working on the Mir display server

 
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