A Wayland Compositor in Minecraft | Hacker News

Hacker News discussed a Minecraft-based Wayland compositor and what counts as truly running software inside the game.

One commenter said compiling and running a simulated computer inside Minecraft is far more impressive than a mod that only streams an external display.

They compared display-streaming approaches to remote desktop, arguing they are not the same as local execution inside Minecraft.

The thread highlights the technical gap between genuine in-game computing and simply relaying another system’s screen.