the next kubuntu graphics stack
One of the things that we have been discussing at length in the past few months is the graphics stack in Kubuntu, and how we’re working towards having Plasma Workspaces 2 running on top of Kubuntu-next and Kubuntu-next-next(-next). In this article, I will explain the strategy we have laid out for a smooth transition.
2013: 4.11 atop xorg
For Kubuntu-next (13.10), the answer is pretty easy: We’ll be relying on plain old Xorg. End of story. Alternatives do not provide us any benefits, so instead of jumping onto an unproven and at the time of writing buggy new technology stack, 13.10 will present you a stable and proven solution as to the display server, and on top of that provide a KDE SC 4.11 with all the performance improvements that we have worked on in the past months. They will, on many systems be quite impressive. The port to XCB provides a whole slew of advantages, and we have reduced memory consumption significantly in many components, Kontact for example.
Later this year, we’ll make the first test packages of Plasma Workspaces 2 available.
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