Xlibre project's fork of the Xorg xserver
a year ago
- #Xorg
- #OpenSource
- #Xlibre
- Xlibre is a fork of the Xorg xserver with code cleanups and enhanced functionality.
- The fork was necessary due to toxic elements within Xorg projects, allegedly sabotaging progress.
- Redhat employees purged the Xlibre founder's GitLab account on freedesktop.org on June 6th, 2025.
- Xlibre is an independent project, free from BigTech affiliations and discriminatory policies like DEI.
- The project welcomes anyone regardless of background, as long as they treat others nicely.
- Module ABIs have changed; drivers must be recompiled to avoid crashes or startup issues.
- Console lockups may occur if input drivers fail to load due to version mismatches.
- Proprietary NVidia drivers might break as they haven't kept up with Xorg updates.
- Most xorg drivers should work after recompiling, with some exceptions.
- Xlibre repositories moved to GitHub after being deleted from freedesktop.org.
- Communication channels include a mailing list, Telegram channel, and Matrix room.