The Compositor Modules
March 4, 2024
The C++ library to effortlessly build Wayland and X11 compositors is now available. Read the announcement exclusively on Phoronix.
KWinFT Becomes Theseus' Ship
February 27, 2024
The KWinFT Wayland and X11 compositor for the KDE Plasma desktop is now named Theseus' Ship. This is just a teaser to something bigger though.
FDBuild 0.1 Released
October 11, 2023
FDBuild is a development tool designed to pull, configure, and build multiple projects with a single command. It is now available in its initial release. Read on to learn how to make use of it.
Qt 6 and More Big Changes To KWinFT
May 4, 2023
The KWinFT project uses Qt 6 now and one more wlroots protocol in a crucial place. These changes continue to drive forward the technical vision of the project.
More wlroots with KWinFT 5.24
February 8, 2022
With the new release KWinFT is increasing its integration with the wlroots library. Preparations for the final library split out are ongoing at the same time.
wlroots in KWinFT
July 16, 2021
KWinFT is from today on internally making use of wlroots. A detailed look at reasons and impact of this important change.
In the Second Year of KWinFT
June 13, 2021
The KWinFT project is now in its second year. With version 5.22 just released let's take a look back at the first year and a look forward at what this second year promises.
Curious Child
February 28, 2021
The internal handling of window children on Wayland as on X11 has been reorganized in the latest version of KWinFT. A quick overview of the new implementation.
Window Kindergarten
February 19, 2021
An introduction to child windows and related ideas, what is an important mental model on X11 just as much as on Wayland.