Wayland Found To Be âIntrinsically Faster Than X11, But Not Necessarily More Efficientâ
The PorteuX Linux distribution focused on being a high performance, modular, and minimalist distro took to forking Xfceâs xfwm4 window manager into âxfwm4-glâ for OpenGL compositing support. As part of that they developed a window manager / compositor benchmark for evaluating the performance and efficiency of typical operations. Their results are fascinating⊠â Read more
Wayland Found To Be âIntrinsically Faster Than X11, But Not Necessarily More Efficientâ
The PorteuX Linux distribution focused on being a high performance, modular, and minimalist distro took to forking Xfceâs xfwm4 window manager into âxfwm4-glâ for OpenGL compositing support. As part of that they developed a window manager / compositor benchmark for evaluating the performance and efficiency of typical operations. Their results are fascinating⊠â Read more
Biff.core: system composition for Clojure web apps
Article URL: https://biffweb.com/p/core/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48463018
Points: 10
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«LâĂtat druze» de SoueĂŻda, en rupture avec le reste de la Syrie
Depuis la tentative de Damas dâimposer son autoritĂ© par la force en juillet 2025, et la mort de 2 000 personnes, Druzes et BĂ©douins sunnites, une «garde nationale» composite fait office de forces armĂ©es. Et le soutien israĂ©lien est de plus en plus prĂ©sent. â Read more
Since Wayland compositors handle input devices on a lower level than X11 window managers, every compositor has to figure out on their own what a âmouse wheel clickâ is:
(I think âWayland compositorâ is a misnomer. They are full-blown display servers that also do compositing, plus Wayland window management, plus X11 window management.)
One can only hope that all this eventually gets moved into the wlroots library. (Iâm not sure if thatâs possible, nor if people would want that.)
Two weeks with AR glasses and Linux on Android
I recently learned something that blew my mind; you can run a full desktop Linux environment on your phone. Thatâs a graphical environment via X11 with real window management and compositing, Firefox comfortably playing YouTube (including working audio), and a status bar with system stats. It launches in less than a second and feels snappy. â« Hold the Robot In and of itself, this is a neat trick most of us are probably aware of. Running a ⊠â Read more
PEP 770: Improving measurability of Python packages with Software Bill-of-Materials
Software Bill-of-Materials (SBOM) is a technology-and-ecosystem-agnostic method for describing software composition, provenance, heritage, and more. SBOMs are used as inputs for software composition analysis (SCA) tools, such as scanners for vulnerabilities and licenses, and have been gaining traction in global software regulations and frameworks. â Read more
The 10 Largest Moons of Our Solar System
The night sky holds countless celestial wonders, but few are as captivating as the moons of our solar system. While Earth boasts just one moon, other planets have entire families of moons, each unique in its size, composition, and history. These natural satellites range from small, rocky chunks to massive, planet-like bodies with complex surfaces [âŠ]
The post [The 10 Largest Moons of Our Solar System](https://listverse.com/2024/12/22/the-10-largest-moo ⊠â Read more
MGW Diamond H is a Compact 4K HDMI Encoder with Dual GbE Ports
The MGW Diamond-H, recently launched by VITEC, is a compact 4K HDMI encoder designed to cater to the growing demands for high-quality, low-latency video streaming and IPTV distribution across various sectors including military, enterprise, broadcast, education, and sports. Featuring the capability to encode either 1x 4K60p or 4x HD using HEVC/H.264 from SDI/Composite sources, the [âŠ] â Read more
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implicit music, or the idea that music naturally exudes from everything. composition is not the act of making music, but of starting with music and working backwards. #halfbakedideas
gf that is actually just function composition disguised as your romantic partner
James Tenneyâs Meta Hodos and Meta Meta Hodos are an attempt to derive music theory from first principles: [[https://monoskop.org/images/1/13/Tenney_James_Meta-Hodos_and_Meta_Meta-Hodos.pdf]] #links #composition #musictheory
LC is a new music programming language that is prototype-based, strongly timed, and designed with microsound synthesis in mind: [[https://www.hnishino.com/2019/05/09/lc-a-new-computer-music-programming-language-with-three-core-features/]] #links #composition
7seconds is a composition project where composers try to compose something no longer than 7 seconds in length. [[http://www.microsound.org/projects/project.php?name=Seven%20Seconds]] #links #composition
Helmut Lachenmann has an interesting notation system for stringed instruments: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZt3UfNDNV0]] #links #composition #notation
Don Knuth - Constraint Based Composition - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_1a6bHGQGo
Genode - Sculpt with Visual Composition (VC) https://genode.org/documentation/articles/sculpt-vc
Film Composition: The Subtle Art of Cinematic Scores https://tedium.co/2018/09/06/film-composition-subtle-art/
Tourist Trap is apparently on Shudder now. Even though itâs not Giallo, I recommend Giallo fans give it a watch: much like Profundo Russo & other pre-Suspiria Argento, it combines messy storytelling with some beautiful, surreal, and terrifying shot composition.
Four AI composition tools ⊠https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/03/robots-composed-the-soundtrack-for-my-home-movie-they-can-help-you-too/
random bad idea: fullcircle, a linker for (micro)services that takes in a number of API specs and produces a spec for the composite system
NixOS progress report
Finally we can run all those legacy\âšapplications⊠Thanks to Michael Raskin for adding Wine
and a NPTL-enabled Glibc (which Wine seems to need). This is a
nice application of purely functional package composition, by
the way: Wine didnât work with the standard Glibc in Nixpkgs, ⊠â Read more