Arcan has become quite a large project for those not familiar with it from past articles over the years. Arcan describes itself on GitHub as " a powerful development framework for creating virtually anything from user interfaces for specialized embedded applications all the way to full-blown standalone desktop environments. At its heart lies a robust and portable multimedia engine, with a well-tested and well-documented Lua scripting interface. The development emphasizes security, debuggability and performance -- guided by a principle of least surprise in terms of API design. "
Arcan 0.6.1 has another big batch of improvements for this original open-source display/desktop stack. In particular, a lot of emphasis for the release is on its networking layer but also core improvements. Some of the Arcan 0.6.1 highlights include:
- Improvements to reduce input latency.
- Better deal with Variable Rate Refresh (VRR) displays.
- Working on their A12 network protocol as their SSH/VNC/RDP/X11 network implementation replacement. Their A12/Arcan network code is now using Zstd for binary transfers, a basic keystore has been implemented for crypto purposes, and more.
- Xarcan as their X.Org fork now handles GPU transitions more gracefully and has basic clipboard integration and accelerated cursor support.
- Various improvements to their EGL-DRI code.
- Continued enhancements around their Lua scripting support.
- Arcan code should now be build-able on all major BSDs.
Learn more about Arcan 0.6.1 or download it at Arcan-FE.com .