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# Wayland
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Wayland is a modern display protocol and architecture that replaces the aging X11 system on Linux. It defines how applications communicate with the display server to render graphics and handle input.
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**🧩 Core Concepts of Wayland:**
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Protocol, not a server: Wayland is a specification — it defines how clients (apps) and the compositor (display server) talk to each other.
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Compositor = Display Server + Window Manager: In Wayland, the compositor handles both rendering and window management. Examples include:
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- [Mutter (GNOME)](../desktop-environments/gnome.md)
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- [KWin (KDE Plasma)](../window-managers/kwin.md)
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- [Hyprland](../window-managers/hyprland.md), Sway, river, etc.
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Direct rendering: Applications render their own graphics and hand them off to the compositor, reducing complexity and improving performance.
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# x11
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x11 (also known as the X Window System) is a display protocol and windowing system that provides the graphical interface layer for Unix-like operating systems, including Linux. It’s been the foundation of Linux GUIs for decades, though it’
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s now being gradually replaced by Wayland.
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🧩 Core Concepts of X11
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- Client–Server Architecture:
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- The X server handles input/output devices (keyboard, mouse, display).
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- X clients are applications that request graphical output and user input.
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- Network Transparency:
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- X11 allows applications to run on one machine and display on another over a network — a key feature for remote GUI sessions.
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- Protocol Version:
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- The current version is X11, released in 1987.
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- That’s why it’s often called “X11” even though the system itself is just “X.”
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- Modularity:
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- X11 doesn’t dictate window decorations or behavior — that’s handled by window managers like KWin, i3, or Openbox.
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- It also doesn’t include a desktop environment — DEs like GNOME or KDE build on top of X11.
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