Wayland is the next generation of display server protocol. While the initial release of the protocol is in 2008, the support of input method is not really ideal.
Wayland vs X11: 2026 Comparison
The Linux display server landscape has been evolving dramatically over the past decade. Wayland,...
The Guix Nix Abomination: Leveraging Guix derivations in Nix
Nix and Guix look like rival ecosystems, but under the hood they’re the same “Input Output Machine”.
xai-org/grok-build
SpaceXAI's coding agent harness and TUI. Fullscreen, mouse interactive, extensible.
Webtop 4.0: Wayland is here, engage the reality engine | LinuxServer.io
Let me just start with the TLDR as I have a tendency to write too much, all of our Selkies based images can now be launched into a Wayland mode using the env var -e PIXELFLUX_WAYLAND=true or checking a box in Sealskin. This Wayland mode is an entire ground up stack leveraging a virtual framebuffer in userspace that can live on a GPU or CPU. The net result on any hardware with a GPU is a remote monitor in your web browser. I am not talking about a compromise or half baked "this is kinda cool cause it is in my web browser and it can run in Docker" I am talking about turning your web browser into a true virtual display for the remote session. There are two major wins out of this mode:
Xfwl4's First Preview Release – Brian Tarricone
I’m pleased to announce the first preview release of xfwl4, Xfce’s Wayland compositor.
letoram/arcan
Arcan - [Display Server, Multimedia Framework, Game Engine] -> "Desktop Engine"
Demis Hassabis on Twitter / X
MCP is a good protocol and it's rapidly becoming an open standard for the AI agentic era. We're excited to announce that we'll be supporting it for our Gemini models and SDK. Look forward to developing it further with the MCP team and others in the industry https://t.co/RAJH8J5zbB— Demis Hassabis (@demishassabis) April 9, 2025
10/GUI
Here it is: my crazy summer project to reinvent desktop human-computer interaction. This video examines the benefits and limitations inherent in current mouse-based and window-oriented interfaces, the problems facing other potential solutions, and visualizes my proposal for a completely new way of interacting with desktop computers. There's more information at http://10gui.com .
MCP Apps - Bringing UI Capabilities To MCP Clients
MCP Apps is now live as the first official MCP extension — tools can return interactive UI components that render directly in the conversation.
🤏 Making my tiny e-reader practical: a guide to the Xteink X4
The tools and configs I use with my Xteink X4.
XDG Desktop Portal
A portal frontend service for Flatpak and other desktop containment frameworks.
