#kwinft
KWinFT Becomes Theseus' Ship
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.
Qt 6 and More Big Changes To KWinFT
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
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
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
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
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
An introduction to child windows and related ideas, what is an important mental model on X11 just as much as on Wayland.
The Windowing Revolution
The new version of KWinFT contains a monumental rewrite of its windowing logic. Read on for an overview of the changes and why this rewrite was necessary.
KWinFT Project 5.20 Released
New versions of the KWinFT projects are available now. Aligned with the release of Plasma 5.20 they offer new features and stability improvements.
Universal Means to Specific Ends
Today's beta release of KWinFT features a fundamental upgrade to Disman making it a truly universal display management solution not only for KWinFT and KDE Plasma but for a multitude of other desktop environments and window managers too.
Wrapland Redone
A first update on ongoing developments in the KWinFT project featuring a redesign of Wrapland's server library and two more projects joining KWinFT.
The KWinFT Project
Announcing the birth of the KWinFT project, a reboot of the window manager KWin and its accompanying libwayland wrapping library KWayland in the form of Wrapland. Its first release is available now.