Hyprland Completes Independence from wlroots
Hyprland has completed its move off of wlroots and is now a fully independent Wayland compositor.
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ICP Deutschland recently showcased the QBiP-N97A, a 3.5″ SubCompact Embedded Motherboard designed for various industrial applications, including automation systems and point-of-sale terminals. This motherboard features DDR5 memory support, dual 2.5GbE LAN ports, and SATA 6Gb/s support for storage.
This version includes important security updates to Firefox.
Hyprland has completed its move off of wlroots and is now a fully independent Wayland compositor.