Author Archives: bjornstahl

(… and for system graphics, games and other interactive applications but that would make the title just a bit too long…) Many of the articles here have focused on the use of Arcan as a “desktop engine” or “display server”; … Continue reading →

It’s just about time for a new release of Arcan, and way past due for a new release of the reference desktop environment, Durden. Going through some of the visible changes on a ‘one-clip or screenshot per feature’ basis: Arcan … Continue reading →

disclaimer: this is a technical post aimed at developers being somewhat aware of the problem space. There will be a concluding ‘the day of…’ post aimed at end users where some of the benefits will be demonstrated in a stronger … Continue reading →

A new version of Arcan has been tagged. There is no demo video or fancy screenshots this time around; those things will have to wait until updates come to the related projects (mainly Durden) in a few weeks. Most of the … Continue reading →

It’s not uncommon to only bring up monitors when talking about display server outputs, but there are more subtle yet arguably important ones that doesn’t always get the attention they deserve. One such output are LEDs (and more fringe light emitters … Continue reading →

This post is about experimenting with imitating and extending the window management concepts from the venerable Plan9, Rio. The backstory and motivation is simply that I’ve had the need for a smaller and more ‘hackable’ base than the feature-heavy Durden environment for a while, and this seemed like … Continue reading →

TLDR; Crazy person is trying to do something about how nightmarishly bad the interface between you and the command-line/command-line utilities really is, i.e. getting rid of terminal protocols.   To start with ‘why’? If you have never had the pleasant experience … Continue reading →

I spread the coding effort needed for protocols and 3rd party software compatibility out over longer periods of time because the underlying work is mundane, tedious and very very repetitive. The QEmu backend is by far the more interesting and potent … Continue reading →

Revising the approach to dissemination slightly, we will try out having a monthly (or bi-monthly if there is not enough relevant changes for a monthly one) update to the project and sub-projects. For this round, there’s a new tagged Arcan … Continue reading →

A few days have gone by since the project was presented, and while I am not very active on the forums and other places where the project have been discussed, I have seen some questions and received some directed ones … Continue reading →