On: The Linux graphics stack from X to Wayland (2011)

[majewsky]

> I personally think hardware access should require root, for the most part.

Well, writing into the home directory requires hardware access, too. Where do you draw the line?

In the similar way that the kernel's VFS provides authorized access to storage hardware, the *kits (or nowadays systemd-logind) provide authorized access to video/audio hardware.

[bandrami → majewsky]

> writing into the home directory requires hardware access, too.

It requires access to a filesystem, which may or may not translate to writing to a physical disk, depending on the setup.