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		superb_dev 70 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Phoenix: A modern X server written from scratch in... If the goal was to reduce latency, wouldn’t you want the desktop compositor out of the way when vsync is on?

amiga-workbench 69 days ago [–]

That's very true, and I believe Wayland has a DRM leasing extension just for this use case. SteamVR uses it to punch through the compositor and draw straight to the screen.

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