A new release of Raspberry Pi OS

Introducing labwc – a new Wayland compositor.

Simon Long

THE WORLD OF RASPBERRY PI Raspberry Pi is releasing a new version of Raspberry Pi OS. This version includes a significant change, albeit one that we hope most people won’t even notice. So we thought we’d better tell you about it to make sure you do. First, a brief history lesson. Linux desktops – like their Unix predecessors – have for many years used the X Window system. This is the underlying technology that displays the desktop, handles windows, moves the mouse, and all that other stuff that you don’t really think about because it (usually) just works. X is prehistoric in computing terms, serving us well since the early ’80s. But after 40 years, cracks are beginning to show in the design of X. As a result, many Linux…

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