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brontosaurusrex

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Raspberry Pi OS will use/is now using labwc

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/a-new- … rry-pi-os/

labwc is built on top of a system called wlroots, a set of libraries which provide the basic functionality of a Wayland system. wlroots has been developed closely alongside the Wayland protocol. Using wlroots, anyone who wants to write a Wayland compositor doesn’t need to reinvent the wheel; we can take advantage of the experience of those who designed Wayland, since they know it best.

So we made the decision to switch. For most of this year, we have been working on porting labwc to the Raspberry Pi Desktop. This has very much been a collaborative process with the developers of both labwc and wlroots: both have helped us immensely with their support as we contribute features and optimisations needed for our desktop.

Just thought this was interesting ^

Also they now offer 'Raspberry Pi Desktop for PC and Mac'
https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/op … pi-desktop

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Gaucho

From: High in the Custerdome

Registered: 2015-09-17

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Re: Raspberry Pi OS will use/is now using labwc

^ Very cool. I hadn't heard of raindrop before. I had previously used wdisplays, I think?

A nice summary of the advantages of Wayland in this blog post. Thanks, @bronto!

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johnraff

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From: Nagoya, Japan

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Re: Raspberry Pi OS will use/is now using labwc

The PC installer was built in 2022 so likely won't incorporate labwc though.

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brontosaurusrex

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Re: Raspberry Pi OS will use/is now using labwc

Yeah, I'am slightly to moderatly confused, I can't see anything labwc/openbox-like in this desktop, but its supposed to be headless machine anyway, so I will not investigate further.

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