Mir, the next generation of X

[Tyler Aviss]

Question: what problem does Mir solve?

Seems in many ways a solution in search of a problem. Remember how
Pulseaudio "solved" all those problems with ALSA?
On Mar 13, 2013 9:17 PM, "Antonio Sun" <antoniosun-N9AOi2cAC9ZBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Ubuntu has an ambitious plan to develope a next generation display server
> known as Mir <http://launchpad.net/mir>.
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MirSpec
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> To be honest, I wasn't even following the Wayland / Weston attempts. Now
> that Ubuntu already has its own Ubuntu phone and Ubuntu tablets, I start to
> wonder if this thing is going to fly. What do you think? Is Ubuntu pushing
> Mir forward single-handed, or some other players are in the ring as well?
>
> Personally I don't like Ubuntu's Unity interface, and Qt, which is what
> Mir is based on. But I'd like to hear you view on this.
>
> Please comment.
>
> Thanks
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