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Xfce's xfwm4 Merges Wayland Compositor Code Based On wlroots


Merged today for Xfce's Xfwm4 window manager component is a built-in Wayland compositor using wlroots.

Merged today for Xfce's Xfwm4 window manager component is a built-in Wayland compositor using wlroots. The lightweight Xfce desktop has seen a long road on enabling Wayland support and up until now has ultimately required using an alternative Wayland compositor for using Xfce components outside of the X11 confines. Leveraging wlroots makes for a much easier bring-up of a Wayland compositor for the Xfce desktop.

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