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2026-07-13 19:46 UTC
@neal@social.gompa.me @datenwolf@chaos.social @miah@hachyderm.io (1) it requires having a GPU to begin with, which is something future ultra-low-energy machines and machines made with fab processes that can be done in trusted environments should not have. It's not needed.
(2) If you have it and want to use it, fine. But the graphics stack architecture should not be built around having to render things client-side with a GPU. The X11 model that lets you build and cache your UI resources server-side and reuse them as needed is much more efficient, regardless of whatever model you're using, unless you're doing complex memory-sharing between client and server with the consequent locality and lack-of-isolation properties that it forces upon you.
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@neal@social.gompa.me 2026-07-13 19:49
@dalias@hachyderm.io @datenwolf@chaos.social @miah@hachyderm.io (1) is not the direction things are going. Integrated GPUs are spreading to more and more parts, even downmarket into ultra-low-end SoCs. (2) I have never seen an X11 application do this. And nothing stops you from doing that with Wayland applications too, except for it doesn't make sense to do and never has, even in the X11 days.