Outside of any personal preferences of author, Wayland compositors are just more... | Hacker News

Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

login

p_l 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: RubyWM – an X11 window manager in pure Ruby

Outside of any personal preferences of author, Wayland compositors are just more complex. Even with availability of libraries like wlroots.

After all, a Wayland WM is not just a WM, it also has to run and handle display server including talking with HW if you want any sensible performance.

kaba0 8 months ago [–]

Because a window manager on X is roughly the equivalent of a Gnome extension. That’s just a design question where we draw boundaries.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact