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["Ali Linx (amjjawad)" <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

http://unity.ubuntu.com/mir/


On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Leszek Lesner <leszek.lesner@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The biggest issue I see currently is the switch of Ubuntu to Mir and the
> consequences it might bear for Lubuntu.
> As only Unity will be officially supported by Mir and Kubuntu also said that
> they won't support Mir. The only option we at Lubuntu are left behind with are
> Wayland (which will not get full support in Ubuntu) and Xorg (which will be
> unmaintained I suppose)
>
> I usually don't link to phoronix as they mostly post crap but this news item
> is a comprehensive summary of my concern:
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTM4OTU
>
> The only possible solution I could currently think of is hoping for a fast and
> good qt switch of LXDE and a good supported or somehow by the kubuntu guys
> managed wayland backend. (qt5 is wayland compatible so lxde-qt should work
> without any big issues)
>
> Just my 2 cents
>

I know everyone know is almost busy with some tasks (including me) but
before I forget about this, I thought to start a new thread about it.


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