• 07 Nov 2023
• Can you explain Xwayland to me using small words?
• used automatically when running x gui apps on a wayland compositor
• used automatically for things that won't run natively
• X server running as a Wayland client
• Environment variables
• force something to run natively or in XWayland

• equivalent of:

    
   
  • XQuartz on macOS / Cocoa
   
  • Xwin / Xming / Xceed on Windows
   
  • Xsdl on Android
   
  • DESQview/X on DOS
   
  • Xephyr on X11
   
  • Xnest on X11
• Xserver which runs (usually as a window)
• X and Wayland are Display Servers
• some programs that heavily rely on how X works won't work on Wayland
• a Wayland extension that runs a little X server
• a compatibility layer for the time being
• X.org server running with no root privileges
• Regular X11 uses your graphics hardware to render its canvas
• using XWayland,

  X11's canvas is Wayland

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