Hackernews posts about Xorg

Xorg is an open-source implementation of the X11 graphical windowing system that provides a display server and windowing services for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.

1. I found an 8 years old bug in Xorg (trace.yshui.dev)
   124 points by yshui almost 2 years ago | 34 comments
2. Long live Xorg, I mean Xlibre (www.dedoimedo.com)
   84 points by dxs 10 months ago | 203 comments
3. Xlibre is a fork of the Xorg Xserver with lots of code cleanups (x11libre.net)
   61 points by doener 4 months ago | 99 comments
4. Xlibre project's fork of the Xorg xserver (github.com)
   26 points by gjvc 10 months ago | 7 comments
5. Xorg Neglect and XLibre Slander (felipec.wordpress.com)
   12 points by wicket 9 months ago | 21 comments
6. Red Hat and FreeDesktop Go into Mass Censorship over Xorg Fork [video] (www.youtube.com)
   10 points by vermaden 10 months ago | discuss
7. Tell HN: A Proposal to Modernize Xorg as a Protocol-Only Graphics Layer
   7 points by powerwordtree 3 months ago | 6 comments
8. Xlibre Modern Xorg Fork
   6 points by kelvinjps10 7 months ago | discuss
9. Think twice before abandoning Xorg. Wayland breaks everything (gist.github.com)
   5 points by gala8y 10 months ago | 15 comments
10. Security Model: Wayland vs. Xorg in Linux (openlib.io)
    4 points by justinludwig 6 months ago | 4 comments
11. XWayland is the bridging mechanism between legacy Xorg programs and Wayland (wiki.hypr.land)
    4 points by doener 3 months ago | discuss
12. TTY, Linux Framebuffer, Eglfs and SDL Without Xorg or Wayland (imlauer.github.io)
    4 points by esotericwarfare 7 months ago | discuss
13. Ubuntu 25.10 drops support for GNOME on Xorg (discourse.ubuntu.com)
    4 points by baobun 10 months ago | discuss
14. Show HN: Alpine Linux / Xorg / i3 running in the browser via WebAssembly (webvm.io)
    4 points by apignotti over 1 year ago | discuss
15. Xorg-Server 21.1.18 (lists.x.org)
    3 points by walterbell 10 months ago | discuss
16. CVE-2024-9632 xorg-x11-server: heap-based buffer overflow privilege escalation (bugzilla.redhat.com)
    3 points by todsacerdoti over 1 year ago | discuss
17. Xorgproto 2025.1 Released to Recognize Newer Keyboard Keys (www.phoronix.com)
    2 points by Bender 4 months ago | discuss
18. Wayland Will Never Be Ready for Every Xorg User [video] (www.youtube.com)
    2 points by zdw 8 months ago | discuss
19. Show HN: Alpine Linux / Xorg / i3 running in the browser via WebAssembly (webvm.io)
    2 points by apignotti over 1 year ago | discuss
20. Xorg-x11-server: heap-based buffer overflow privilege escalation vulnerability (bugzilla.redhat.com)
    2 points by signa11 over 1 year ago | discuss
21. Ubuntu 25.10 drops support for GNOME on Xorg (discourse.ubuntu.com)
    1 points by voxadam 10 months ago | 1 comments
22. Ask HN: What if Xorg were runing over QUIC
    1 points by fithisux about 1 year ago | discuss
23. Ask HN: What is the misunderstood difference between X-Windows and Wayland?
    10 points by vfclists over 1 year ago | 5 comments
24. Testing a new rate-limiting service – feedback welcome
    3 points by 0megion 7 months ago | 9 comments
25. Ask HN: How do you pick between different OpenAI LLMs?
    2 points by endorphine over 1 year ago | discuss
26. Show HN: Screenix, a Screen Studio Alternative for Ubuntu (screenix.studio)
    1 points by femtobusa about 1 month ago | 1 comments
27. Ask HN: How do you pick between different OpenAI LLMs?
    1 points by endorphine over 1 year ago | 1 comments
28. X.org Security Advisory: multiple security issues X.Org X server and Xwayland (lists.x.org)
    207 points by birdculture 5 months ago | 225 comments
29. X.org on NetBSD – The State of Things (blog.netbsd.org)
    166 points by dagenix almost 2 years ago | 122 comments
30. Reassessing Wayland (dudemanguy.github.io)
    110 points by GalaxySnail about 1 year ago | 59 comments