Comments by "Lawrence D’Oliveiro" (@lawrencedoliveiro9104) on "Xenocara: That X11 Server That Isn't Xorg" video.

  1. Looking at their “roadmap” page, several of the issues they cite seem not to be relevant any more. Also, the irony of wanting to build new GPLv3 components on top of one of the notoriously GPL-allergic BSDs seems to have been lost on them.
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  2. 9:29 Also, I tried checking out the link about the supposed Java dependency, and all it seems to say is that the Java-related documentation is still built even if you disable the Java functionality. If you turn off the Java functionality, you will end up with a Java-free build, as expected.
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  3. 9:29 Interesting. I tried following the link to the purported “freedom flaws” in Rust, and got a page in Hyperbola’s own wiki saying “Permission denied/Sorry, you don’t have enough rights to continue”.
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  4. If you want a Linux distro built around that philosophy, you know what you can do.
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  5. No way those additional things will be needed for the Linux kernel. Just as the C code does not require glibc, the Rust part will have to be just as self-contained.
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