Hello again, | Does XLibre provide a compatible Xorg server implementation? Yes, the Xlibre xserver implementation is working completely backwards compatible with the Xorg server implementation. Any exception that is reported is treated as a bug, which needs to be fixed asap. | Is it current latest tagged/released version 25.0.0.8 a compatible Xorg server able to run all the same packages as Arch Linux xorg-server package? Yes, the current Xlibre xserver 25.0.0.8 can run all the same packages and the Arch xorg-server packages. Exceptions here are also regarded as bugs. | Is there a transparent transition path, uninstalling xorg-server and installing xlibre-server and everything will work like before? Yes, in our AUR xlibre-xserver packages there was transition path documented similar to https://github.com/X11Libre/pkgbuilds-arch-based. This procedure has been successfully run by many users, without any known issues. | What will happen if a user keeps xf86-* or xorg-* packages from the official repositories along with xlibre-server? All xlibre-xserver AUR packages conflict with, and provide, the corresponding xorg-xserver packages. The same is true for the xf86 packages, for which the mentioned documentation also contains: "Build and install all xlibre packages of which the corresponding xorg one has been removed" A similar message is shown by pacman while installing the package, using an install file: "It is required to replace all installed xf86* xorg driver packages with their xlibre-xf86* counterparts before starting xlibe-xsever. So if for example xf86-video-intel has been installed it should be replaced with xlibre-xf86-video-intel." This could be forced by using 'replace' clauses but afaik that is now allowed by AUR rules, and our view is that users should be able to transition from Xorg to Xlibre with minimum effort and without breaking existing packages and functionality. And that it should also be possible to transition back for testing and comparing, or any other reason a user might have. On 8/14/25 19:38, Muflone wrote:
Does XLibre provide a compatible Xorg server implementation?
Is it current latest tagged/released version 25.0.0.8 a compatible Xorg server able to run all the same packages as Arch Linux xorg-server package?
Is there a transparent transition path, uninstalling xorg-server and installing xlibre-server and everything will work like before?
What will happen if a user keeps xf86-* or xorg-* packages from the official repositories along with xlibre-server?