Re: About the last exchange on bugtracker

[Tim Dickson <dickson.tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

from Fabien's comments. it sounds a lot like SDL2 with a toolkit.
steam client uses SDL2, presumably with a toolkit. that may give a 
starting point.
that will give regular and accelerated graphics. The challange is 
interacting with other windows.
wayland doesn't like that, so unless x-wayland is installed that will be 
a problem going forward.
having said that, how does krdp work on wayland? there must be a way.

SDL2 has advantages that it is well supported thanks to games, is cross 
platform and lgpl licensed
so you can make commercial as well as OpenSource software without the 
instability of gtk platform or
potential licensing costs of qt for non-opensource stuff.

the challenge is that whatever lower level toolkit is used, it just 
becomes the replacement for gtk/qt4/5/6

I agree with gbWilly, most stuff done under the name of "security" and 
"safety" just reduces your freedom to do what you want on your pc. uefi 
and secureboot is a classic example. your os is now time limited based 
on boot loader certs issues by microsoft if secure boot is enabled. if 
not, it is more involved to get a system to boot unless it still 
supports legacy boot, and with above 4g relocated graphics entry points 
from boot, classic boot is no longer as reliable.
Software that refuses to run as root or patronises you telling you it is 
unsafe is somewhat annoying as well. I can see why they might warn a 
noob, but not everyone wants hand-holding.
I also like os packages, which are distro specific and managed from one 
place, rather than the bloatware of "one package for all" of flatpacks 
and snaps and suchlike. I can see why people like the convenience but 
you loose the benefits of having up to date system libs, and get a 
slower program which may as well be statically compiled, and you are 
still dependent on some (gui) system libs that are different over 
different distros. You also have to put up with kludges for 
interconnectivity on the sandboxes of each program.

oh well, hopefully gambas can manage through all the various system 
hurdles that get pushed as "the next greatest thing".
regards, Tim

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