Hi everyone,
I have packaged the XLibre X Server from the X11Libre/xserver GitHub
project and the compatible drivers (the corresponding driver from GitHub
X11Libre for each X driver shipped in Fedora) for Fedora 42, Branched (43),
and Rawhide (44). They are available in the following Copr:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/kkofler/xlibre-xserver/
(Notes on drivers: The xf86-video-openchrome driver is not available from
XLibre, but available in the Copr, rebuilt from the source code from
X.Org/freedesktop.org. The third-party xf86-video-armada driver from
git.arm.linux.co.uk is not yet available in the Copr because it does not
compile. All the other xorg-x11-drv-* drivers in Fedora have XLibre
versions in GitHub X11Libre, which are the ones provided in the Copr.)
The packages include those downstream Fedora patches to xorg-x11-* that are
not already upstream in XLibre. I will bring them up with XLibre upstream
one by one to see if we can get some of them upstreamed, or if it may make
sense to drop them from downstream instead, but for now I have carried them
over.
About naming: The GitHub project is found under "X11Libre/xserver", the
GitHub project "About" says "XLibre Xserver", and the releases are named
"xlibre-xserver-25.x.x.x". So I have decided to name the Copr and the main
package "xlibre-xserver".
The packages have Obsoletes/Provides set up, so enabling the Copr
AUTOMATICALLY replaces the X.Org packages the next time you update. Hence,
simply:
su -
dnf copr enable kkofler/xlibre-xserver
dnf upgrade
should be sufficient to switch from X.Org to XLibre.
At this time, this is COMPLETELY UNTESTED. Tester feedback very welcome! I
might play around with it in a VM soon and produce some screenshots, but
right now, my main priority was to get it out there for all the interested
users.
It is NOT currently planned to get this into Fedora proper. If there is
sufficient interest in my Copr, I might have another try at making this
happen for some future Fedora release, but right now there is stiff
opposition.
Kevin Kofler
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