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Separating the Wayland compositor and window manager
Traditional Wayland compositors have a monolithic architecture that combines the compositor and window manager into a single program. This has the downside of requiring Wayland window managers to do the significant work of implementing an entire Wayland compositor as well.
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- 344
- HN comments
- 221
- Submissions
- 1
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- 3 commenters
Systems & PerformanceWeb & Frontend2026
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2026 | Separating the Wayland compositor and window manager by dpassens | 344 | 221 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 3 Hacker News comments by 3 different people, from Mar 2026 to Oct 2026.
Most recent:
- Duanemclemore · Oct 4, 2026
- HiPhish · Jun 2, 2026
- craftkiller · Mar 22, 2026
