For desktop #Linux fans out there who think that #GNOME has sped up implementing a composited blur API via the new #Wayland "ext-background-effect-v1" protocol just because #KDE, #Cosmic and #Niri have implemented the protocol, as if it's somehow a competition 😉
The remain seated sign at Schiphol never ceases to amuse me, given there’s never nearly enough seats near the gates at all, even if nobody would occupy multiple ones with e.g. bags.
@Steve12L I doubt it. Cosmic's experiments have no influence on GNOME, and this is just a coincidence of "Whenever someone finally shows up to actually do the work and make merge requests for it".
It's been in GNOME Shell's wishlist since at least 2019 (when Allan Day made a request for it): https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/work_items/1590
For Mutter & GTK, the Wayland protocol didn't exist until mid-2025: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/272
People coding something in their own corner doesn't make it happen faster in GNOME.
@Steve12L So in short they're jizzing their pants because Cosmic recently implemented the blur API? Wait until they realize that GTK and GNOME 51 also implemented it already 😏
@autiomaa If you haven't seen No Way Home (the previous before this), I highly recommend it! And especially watching it before this one if you plan to see this as it sets up the main storyline.
In general, I agree with you. As a lifelong comic fan, there's rarely really new and surprising stuff which is why I loved this one because it totally caught me by surprise.