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Switch to LXDE-pi (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment) #14
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This extension is currently using legacy x server components. We should switch to LXDE-pi which is the Pi version of Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment. I would expect performance improvements with it.
It's not hard to change it, I think. I found this german article about running Chromium in fullscreen using LXDE-pi: https://itrig.de/index.php?/archives/2309-Raspberry-Pi-3-Kiosk-Chromium-Autostart-im-Vollbildmodus-einrichten.html
I'm sure there are similar articles in English, but I'm happy to implement it and do a PR when I find the time for it.
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jvolker commentedon Jun 3, 2020
I did some more research.
xserver-xorg-legacyis really just a wrapper starting xserver with root rights like it used to be the case in older versions. This should be no different from regular LXDE and it seems to make sense to keep usingxserver-xorg-legacy.The above-mentioned article just explains how to add those commands to the LXDE-pi autostart. The syntax there seems slightly different using
@. I'm not sure what language it is but it doesn't seem to be relevant for our use case as we want to start anxserversession with a single application.That said, I'm not sure if our method of starting
xinitwith a single application is using LXDE or LXDE-pi. Maybe some performance tests comparing Openframe to command line can help understanding if there is a difference. I've started making some tests here:https://openframe.discourse.group/t/raspberry-pi-performance-tests/124
I'm closing this for now as I don't think it's really an issue.