Waylandifying Chromium - From Downstream to Shipping

Explore the journey of integrating Wayland support into Chromium in this 30-minute conference talk by Maksim Sisov from Igalia. Gain insights into the Ozone architecture, its design principles, and the challenges faced during implementation. Discover the motivations behind adopting Wayland and learn about the graphics pipeline limitations that led to this transition. Understand Igalia's contributions to web technologies and their involvement with the World Wide Web Consortium. Delve into the technical aspects of the Welland design and the problems encountered along the way. Whether you're a developer, system architect, or technology enthusiast, this talk provides valuable knowledge on the evolution of Chromium's graphics infrastructure.

Introduction
Agenda
About Igalia
Our teams
Igalia contributions
World Wide Web Consortium
History
What is Ozone
Design of Ozone
Welland Design
Problems
Graphics Pipeline
Graphics Pipeline Diagram
Limitations
Why Wayland