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[Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx>]

XMir's purpose is to provide an X compatibility layer. Mir provides no such
compatibility. So, when running XMir on top of Mir, you can run X apps.
That's the idea, at least.

Sincerely,
Josh
On Jul 15, 2013 11:51 AM, "Joseph Mills" <josephjamesmills@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Sweet then we will just have to wait for this implementations to happen
> then. Again I feel that XMIR would have to have some of the same libs that
> are included with x11 for all the apps to work.  I mean you can not just
> launch a app that needs a lib when the lib is not installed and or can not
> be installed.  I guess that I could build xmir and test this theory out. I
> will post my findings.
>
> Joseph
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> android? android is disappearing from within Ubuntu touch. it'll only be
>> used as a driver layer. But yes. the answer to your question is yes. they
>> will run.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Josh
>> On Jul 15, 2013 11:45 AM, "Joseph Mills" <josephjamesmills@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I would hope not.  But are you sure that that is going to run on a
>>> stacked android ?  I guess that we will have to wait and see.  GTK has
>>> nothing to do with this issue as most apps that are in say Kubuntu re wrote
>>> in QT.  or say something like Mythtv this is wrote in QT also but will not
>>> run with out libs that need to be there. these are libs that are x11. I
>>> have no clue at all if them libs are in Mir or Xmir TBH.
>>>
>>> Joseph
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Zisu Andrei <matzipan@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> That's why XMir exists. Ubuntu wouldn't've bet crazily on Mir just to
>>>> say "no more backward compatibiltiy!!"
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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