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>>ingeni+(OP)
Arcan scratches the same kind of itch that nix does for me but for the gnu/linux graphics stack and everything that has to interact with it.

>>stopli+QG
I remain confused by Arcan, even having looked into it a few times over the years.

Ultimately it appears to be software with more fans than productive users.

>>sho_hn+EK
Despite having read about it multiple times I still don't feel like I know what it is. My best guess is that it's an operating system, minus the kernel? But also it can be used as a GTK/Qt type interface layer? Or it can be used to replace X/Wayland? So like, a super modular operating system? And now I guess it's also a web browser, or a generalization of web-browser-like things that may or may not actually be compatible with the traditional web?

>>idle_z+kU
You're close! I'd recommend checking out this blog post which frames it as such and goes into motivations and how the architecture ends up panning out at a high level:

https://arcan-fe.com/2021/09/20/arcan-as-operating-system-de...