Xfwl4 - The roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor
"We, the Xfce team are excited to share some great news!
After careful consideration, weโve decided on a meaningful way to use the generous donations from our community: funding longtime Xfce core developer Brian Tarricone to create xfwl4, a brand-new Wayland compositor for Xfce.
This initiative will utilize a significant portion of the projectโs donated funds, but we believe itโs an important investment in Xfceโs future.
The goal is, that xfwl4 will offer the same functionality and behavior as xfwm4 does, or as much as possible considering the differences between X11 and Wayland. Using xfwl4 should feel just like using xfwm4 on X11. We even plan to reuse the existing xfwm4 configuration dialogs and xfconf settings to ensure a seamless transition.
Xfwl4 will not be based on the existing xfwm4 code. Instead, it will be written from scratch in rust, using smithay building blocks."
https://alexxcons.github.io/blogpost_15.html
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