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why do we have wayland on porteus?

Posted: 02 Jan 2021, 03:03
by francois
Why do we have wayland on porteus?

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root@porteus:~# locate wayland
/usr/lib64/firefox-81.0/libmozwayland.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/mkspecs/features/wayland-scanner.prf
/usr/include/qt5/QtPlatformHeaders/qwaylandwindowfunctions.h
root@porteus:~# 

why do we have wayland on porteus?

Posted: 02 Jan 2021, 04:55
by ncmprhnsbl
pretty much the same as here why do we have wayland on nemesis? (Post by ncmprhnsbl #80772)
that list you have is "hardly any wayland" ;) .. but the future will bring more..
it's a case of: if you want to try and use it, it's there, otherwise it's safe to ignore it.

why do we have wayland on porteus?

Posted: 02 Jan 2021, 09:51
by fulalas
We could probably test removing all wayland files that come with Porteus. :)

why do we have wayland on porteus?

Posted: 21 Jan 2021, 23:14
by Rava
fulalas wrote:
02 Jan 2021, 09:51
We could probably test removing all wayland files that come with Porteus. :)
Is there a vulnerability risk concerning wayland?

I vaguely recall some issues years back - but recall no details.