Jon Brodkin para Ars Technica:
Canonical yesterday unveiled «Mir,» which it describes as «a system-level component targeted as a replacement for the X window server system to unlock next-generation user experiences for devices ranging from Linux desktop to mobile devices powered by Ubuntu.»
Oliver Reis, jefe de desarrollo en Canonical, da más info sobre Mir y dice que lo que necesitan es poder desarrollar sin trabas:
[there are] too many distractions from the actual goal, to provide an outstanding experience across all the supported devices from consumer electronics to desktop computing devices to enterprise devices.
The chosen approach was to develop Mir, our own Display Server which is engineered driven by the designs and requirements that our larger vision dictates no compromises, no crude hacks, fully testable & tested, performance in mind, support for legacy X applications, developed by Ubuntu for Ubuntu.
Adicionalmente, Unity será portada para funcionar sobre Qt.
Me parece todo muy bien, pero creo que Canonical vuelve a pecar de desarrollar software libre sin contar con la comunidad, de forma tan autárquica como la peor Apple. Y mientras tanto, la Ubuntu 12.10 es tan extremadamente inestable que yo decidí dar marcha atrás y reinstalar mi sistema con la 12.04.