x server

An anonymous reader writes "Phoronix has a new article out on Wayland: A New X Server For Linux .

Wayland isn't just a rewrite of the current X Server, but instead it's a small server that is designed around some of the latest graphics technologies such as kernel mode-setting and the Graphics Execution Manager.

Phoronix: "It's no secret that much of the code-base that makes up the modern-day X.Org Server is old and in some places bloated.

The X.Org Server continues to evolve and has received a number of major additions in recent times, but wouldn't a clean and lighter server that is designed around today's needs be ideal?"

This article describes the installation of OpenVPN 2.0.9 on a SuSE Linux 10.x Server with multiple VPN tunnels.What is OpenVPN?

* OpenVPN is a robust and highly flexible tunneling application that uses all of the encryption, authentication, and certification features of the OpenSSL library to securely tunnel IP networks over a single UDP

Back in July we talked about Compiz support for MPX. MPX, or Multi-Pointer X, is the technology now in the mainline X Server for the X Server 1.6 release that allows multiple pointers to function independently on a single system.

Testers of the Fedora 10 beta (or Rawhide) have recently noticed that the X server has been moved from its traditional home on virtual terminal 7 to VT1.

This move, which has spawned a lengthy flame war (OK, two lengthy flame wars) is motivated by a desire to speed the boot process by avoiding the VT switch.

It seems like a relatively small change, but our community has a strong sense of tradition, apparently.

Phoronix: "With Ubuntu 8.10 being released in two weeks and it's using this newest X Server, how will ATI graphics cards be supported?

Well, an interesting event has occurred and we will tell you what has happened in this article."

With no public release of the Catalyst Linux driver supporting X Server 1.5, any user trying to load the driver will run into show-stopping problems due to the ABI breaking.

Unexpectedly a new ATI driver release was uploaded to Ubuntu's package repository last night.

The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today we're going to look at setting up a headless X Server. It's not quite as difficult, or as scary, as it sounds.

Running a headless X Server is kind of like Night Of The Living Dead (the original; although the remake was kind of fun) except without all the zombies and with exported displays instead of excoriated remains..."

It's been a hell of a time getting X.Org 7.4 out the door, but this afternoon Adam Jackson has released this long-delayed update to this X system.

X.Org 7.4 is arriving after the release of X Server 1.5.1 earlier in the day. Yes, it's finally here! In this article we have information on the features that make up this release along with what it's ta