2万行汇编重写X服务器
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发布2026/07/17Score64Comments38
为什么值得看
开发者用纯汇编从头实现了一个X11服务器Frame，仅2万行代码即可驱动完整桌面及Firefox、GIMP，无依赖、无GC、空闲时零唤醒。对追求极致可控性和底层理解的系统开发者而言，这是对抗400万行X11代码复杂度的极端示范。
编辑判断
X11的代码膨胀问题被吐槽了二十年，但主流替代路径是Wayland这种协议级重构，而非个人用汇编硬啃。Frame的激进之处在于它证明了"足够用的X服务器"可以小到能被单个人完全理解和审计，这对安全敏感场景（如Qubes OS类的隔离桌面）有启发意义。
不过实际风险也很明显：X协议本身有 decades of legacy extensions，作者自己也承认"long list left to chew"。更适合作为学习项目或极端精简嵌入式场景参考，而非生产桌面迁移目标。做Linux发行版或定制OS的团队可以跟踪其协议覆盖进度，但别急着替换现有Xorg或Wayland栈。
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this is impressive, even with claude i think the guy have enough deep understanding of the OS and the varioius topic make it works recently i also rewrite most of the app's underlying core function to rust, just like the guy do for the phone perhaps i should also do more stuffs given codex reset too
Interesting. I've never quite found that Linux is more optimized on battery-powered machines for energy savings, even though supposedly there is a lot of room to tweak and optimize settings -- from selecting a low resource window manager/DE to turning off various services to switching up power
You might want to take a look at TLP[0]. It, among other things, backs the power mode/profile panels in Gnome/KDE. Many distros already try to push good defaults, but you can do a whole lot when optimizing for a mobile experience. You can also do some fun stuff with it, like running a scri