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Subject: Re: [9front] Thoughts on Wayland?
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04.08.2024 22:02:42 Willow Liquorice <willow@howhill.com>:
> Though I guess there's nothing stopping you putting the draw on the same =
machine as the client program=E2=80=A6

What's the client, what's the server?

Devdraw is a server and rio would be a client. On plan 9, where those progr=
ams run doesn't matter at all.

Regarding GPUs, the gpu will be the server and part of the client program c=
an be loaded into that server (a "shader") which would speed up calculation=
 a lot by using the power of the gpu and decreasing the latency in that par=
t of the program. It's clear how the GPU generally works and can be integra=
ted, the server side is in an early stage of development (beginning with dr=
awterm but that project is currently stalled due to a lack of a computer). =
When it is done, you can think of the GPU as another part of the plan 9 net=
work/installation.

sirjofri