KWinFT's wlroots backend (xdc2021)
Chaos Computer Club - archive feed · Roman Gilg
September 17, 202121m 16s
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Show Notes
The [big change][1] in KWinFT this year is the replacement of all its own hardware backend plugins for its Wayland session with a single backend talking to wlroots.
This talk goes into detail on:
- reasons for this strategic move,
- technical realization,
- outcome with advantages and disadvantages,
- long-term impact on the ecosystem.
[1]: https://gitlab.com/kwinft/kwinft/-/merge_requests/108/
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