X.Org Server 1.18 Makes It For Ubuntu 16.04

[phoronix]

Phoronix: X.Org Server 1.18 Makes It For Ubuntu 16.04

X.Org Server 1.18 is now available via the Xenial Xerus archive for users of the upcoming Ubuntu 16.04...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=X.Org-Server-1.18-Ubuntu-16.04

[uid313]

But I want to run X.Org Server without superuser/root privileges.

Ubuntu still runs X.Org Server as root.
That is insecure.

[linuxforall]

KMS runs X rootless. One of the reasons nvidia-modrpobe has to be installed to make OpenCl work in Ubuntu.

[tjaalton]

But I want to run X.Org Server without superuser/root privileges.

Ubuntu still runs X.Org Server as root.
That is insecure.

lightdm doesn't support root-less X, so use a DM that does

[jery]

I've just tried to backport xorg-xserver 1.18.1 to debian Jessie but it needs to upgrade systemd.
That seems not to be a good idea...