Post #3807381
2026-07-14 10:49 UTC
Frame: A new X11 server – implemented directly in assembly
https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/07/14/frame-a-new-x11-server-implemented-directly-in-assembly/5270498
Joins yserver, Phoenix, and of course XLibre – and outlier Arcan
<- by me on #TheRegister
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@spzb@infosec.exchange 2026-07-14 11:30
@lproven@social.vivaldi.net It's obvious that The Reg is now targetting a US audience when you have to spend a paragraph explaining the developer's sarcasm ;)
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@zzt@mas.to 2026-07-14 11:20
@lproven@social.vivaldi.net unfortunately, arcan appears to have been officially “rewritten” from C to Zig with an LLM: https://github.com/letoram/arcan/commit/359f5481ac68d520898936ff8163c92372fa8a9c > Single pass artificial intelligence assisted port from C to Zig to improve safety. Tests will come next. it’s a bit of a laugh that they did this to improve uhhh safety, and the damn thing couldn’t even get the tests working sensibly also two of the main apps for this thing are durden and safespaces which gives me a bit of a feeling