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X11 and Wayland - A Tale of Two Implementations

Offered By: media.ccc.de via YouTube

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Conference Talks Courses Programming Languages Courses Code Quality Courses Wayland Courses

Course Description

Overview

Explore the journey of implementing an X11 window manager and Wayland compositor in this 21-minute conference talk from 36C3 ChaosWest. Delve into the development process of 'hikari', a stacking window manager with tiling capabilities, as the speaker outlines key differences between X and Wayland, design goals, programming language selection, and library choices. Gain insights into tools for ensuring code quality, obstacles encountered, and valuable resources for implementation. Learn about the project's current focus on FreeBSD and future plans for Linux and other Wayland-supporting operating systems.

Syllabus

36C3 ChaosWest: X11 and Wayland: A tale of two implementations


Taught by

media.ccc.de

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