Qubes GUI Agent Supported Desktop Environments?

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Jeremias E.

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Jun 11, 2016, 9:48:15 AM6/11/16
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Hello,

what desktop environments does the Qubes GUi Agent supports right now? Only GNOME?

how does the Qubes GUI Agent works?

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Marek Marczykowski-Górecki

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Jun 11, 2016, 10:00:46 AM6/11/16
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On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 06:48:15AM -0700, Jeremias E. wrote:
> Hello,
>
> what desktop environments does the Qubes GUi Agent supports right now? Only
> GNOME?
>
> how does the Qubes GUI Agent works?

GUI agent works at X11 level, you can think of it as an window manager
itself. So question about "supported desktop environments" is
irrelevant.

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Jeremias E.

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Jun 11, 2016, 10:36:22 AM6/11/16
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Hello Marek,

thank you for the clarification.

Best regards
  J. Eppler

Jeremias E.

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Jun 11, 2016, 10:54:17 AM6/11/16
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Hello Marek,

is Wayland a problem for the Qubes GUI Agent?

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Marek Marczykowski-Górecki

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Jun 11, 2016, 1:34:31 PM6/11/16
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On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 07:54:17AM -0700, Jeremias E. wrote:
> Hello Marek,
>
> is Wayland a problem for the Qubes GUI Agent?

Yes, it will require major rework of GUI Agent.

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Jeremias E.

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Jun 11, 2016, 3:13:02 PM6/11/16
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Hello Marek,

thanks

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Iestyn Best

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Jun 15, 2016, 10:16:10 PM6/15/16
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Just curious, would there be any plans to work on Wayland in the future?

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Iestyn Best

Marek Marczykowski-Górecki

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Jun 16, 2016, 3:04:48 AM6/16/16
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On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 07:16:09PM -0700, Iestyn Best wrote:
> Just curious, would there be any plans to work on Wayland in the future?

Maybe, but it isn't our priority right now.

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Iestyn Best

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Jun 16, 2016, 9:47:33 PM6/16/16
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Fair point. It would be good to see but it is not something that helps the primary goal of the project.

Thank you for all your hard work.
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