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Phoenix Emerges as a Modern X Server Written From Scratch in Zig (linuxiac.com)
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Although Wayland has largely replaced Xorg, and most major Linux distributions and desktop environments have either already dropped support for the aging display protocol or are in the process of doing so, efforts to extend Xorg’s life or replace it with similar alternatives continue. Recent examples include projects such as XLibre Xserver and Wayback. And now, a new name is joining this group: Phoenix.

It is a new X server project that takes a fundamentally different approach to X11. Written entirely from scratch in the Zig programming language, it is not yet another fork of the Xorg codebase and does not reuse its legacy code. Instead, according to devs, Phoenix aims to show that the X11 protocol itself is not inherently obsolete and can be implemented in a simpler, safer, and more modern way.

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[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

In 2038, there will be a 32-bit computer with this, sysvinit etc. dying a well-deserved time death.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 16 points 4 hours ago

32 bit computers can handle 64 bit timestamps, it's just a matter of defining time_t to be 32 or 64 bits at compile time. The compiler will deal with all the mess of splitting the 64 bit value up to calculate on the smaller registers in 32 bit architectures, just like any other variable defined as int_64.

Linux kernels have had support for 64 bit time on 32 bit systems since version 5.something, so generally speaking there'll still be retro 32 bit hardware running past 2038 just fine.

[–] fonix232@fedia.io -2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

*2058

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] fonix232@fedia.io 4 points 1 hour ago

I'm very well aware. But you're clearly not aware of the fact that this X server simply wouldn't be running on an old enough kernel for the 2038 problem to be relevant.