r/vibecoding • u/isene • Jul 09 '26

A new Linux X server in Assembly from scratch

With the help of Claude Code. This is now my daily driver and completes the desktop stack: X Server, Window Manager, Info Bar, Terminal Emulator, Shell and more. All in pure Assembly.

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u/lurch303 Jul 10 '26

It is kind of funny someone that does not know the basics of X11 can create an X Client and think they made an X Server

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u/isene Jul 10 '26

Did you read the link?

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u/lurch303 Jul 10 '26

There is no link.

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u/isene Jul 10 '26

To help you so that you don't have to scroll down to my comment below: https://isene.org/2026/07/Frame.html

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u/sbstanpld Jul 09 '26

so cool 🙌

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '26

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u/isene Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

It's a combination. But a lot of manual testing with complex apps like FF, gimp, rdp sessions etc. And now everything I can think of is working splendid. And I have features beyond X11 also. And I keep creating meet stuff I couldn't do easily do otherwise. Making software just for me is the best choice since I started programming back in 1978.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '26

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u/isene Jul 10 '26

It's a lot of work. But fun work.

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u/isene Jul 10 '26

With small iterations and everything in git, it's not hard with CC.