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"mir"

Alan Griffiths
4 October 2018

How mir-kiosk enables a graphical IoT using Mir

Internet of Things Case study

If you have a problem… if you just need support for one fullscreen application… and, if you can use snaps… maybe you can use… mir-kiosk. Many devices need to provide some sort of graphical output or display (with the options of keyboard, mouse and touchscreen input) to the user. Some examples include interactive kiosks, digital ...

Alan Griffiths
21 September 2018

IoT Graphics: Mir Release 1.0

Internet of Things Article

The Mir team is pleased to announce the milestone release of Mir 1.0.0. This is the first major release targeted at IoT device makers and enthusiasts looking to build the next-generation of graphical solutions. Mir is a display server and is used by other projects to draw graphics on the screen. The Mir team have ...

Jamie Bennett
10 July 2018

Graphical environments in the world of IoT

Internet of Things Article

The IoT promises to bring about a revolution in the way we interact with devices around us. While many IoT devices will be hidden away, from sensors that measure manufacturing tolerances in a factory to hubs that control lighting around the home, there are a class of devices that need to provide some sort of ...

Guest
3 April 2017

The MirAL story

Desktop Article

This is a guest post by Alan Griffiths, Software Developer at Canonical. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact [email protected] I’m Alan Griffiths and I’m a software developer. Being a software developer means I deal with a lot of problems that are rarely appreciated by non-developers. This is a story ab ...

Guest
17 January 2017

Mir: 2016 end of year review

Desktop Article

This is a guest post by Alan Griffiths, Software engineer at Canonical. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact [email protected] 2016 was a good year for Mir – it is being used in more places, it has more and better upstream support and it is easier to use by downstream projects. ...

Guest
28 November 2016

Mir is not only about Unity8

Desktop Article

This is a guest post by Alan Griffiths, Software engineer at Canonical. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact [email protected] Mir is a project to support the management applications on the display(s) of a computer. It can be compared to the more familiar X-Windows used on the current Ubuntu desktop (and ...

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