On Tue, Apr 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM Pramod V U via devel <devel@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > Sorry for poking in, but why have kmscon, a complete re-implementation, run > over then DRM when a generic and well-tested combination of a wayland > compositor and a terminal emulator, like cage+foot, do the work just as well?
To put it bluntly, if someone wants a stupidly minimal thing without any "graphical stack", then kmscon would be the choice here. I personally don't think it's a great choice, but it's a valid one. I suggested the idea of using a Wayland compositor plus a GUI terminal application at Linux Plumbers Conference a few years ago, which led down the rabbit hole of ensuring the DRM subsystem is as bulletproof as the VT subsystem it would replace. Same for Wayland environments. Today, I think the only Wayland environment I would consider at that level is KWin, since it can restart itself in a crash without losing the session or running applications. No other Wayland compositor has this feature. -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
