We'll explore how to build packages with advanced compiler techniques in order to squeeze more performance out of the box for packages in Solus. We'll be using the story of how libwebp was optimized for and how it led to an unexpected side quest.
Back in our 4.4 release post we announced that Solus would stop shipping a MATE ISO, mostly because MATE showed no signs of moving away from X11 and towards wayland. At the beginning of this year, we shipped our new XFCE ISO as a beta. And now we're getting ready to ship the Solus MATE Transition Tool to move existing users off of MATE.
Close watchers of our packages repository may have noticed some strange looking items:
It's a long story.
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