is presented Release of the display server MIR 2.7 , the development of which continues canonical, despite the refusal to develop the UNITY shell and the Ubuntu edition for smartphones. MIR remains in demand in Canonical projects and is now positioned as a solution for embedded devices and Internet of things (IoT). MIR can be used as a composite server for Wayland, which allows you to run any applications using Wayland in MIR-based environments (for example, assembled with GTK3 / 4, QT5 or SDL2). Packages for installation are prepared for Ubuntu 20.04, 21.10 and 22.04-Test ( PPA ) and Fedora 33, 34, 35 and 36 . Project code spreads under the GPLv2 license.
The new version includes the Miril , providing a layer for Translation On the new versions of MIR graphic surroundings of Lomiri, continuing the development of the UNITY8 shell. Added option “IDle-Timeout” to adjust the screen shutdown after a certain inactivity time. Added support for the ZWP_TEXT_INPUT_MANAGER_V2 protocol, requested in screen keyboards and applications on Qt. Improved Input Focus Management for Keyboard. Development translated to the use of the C ++ 20 standard.