The Real Story Behind Wayland and X - Daniel Stone (linux.conf.au 2013)

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In this 2013 talk, Daniel Stone follows the history of X and asks what the server still owns once applications draw their own content and window managers compose it. He explains Wayland through complete frames, requests that describe window roles, consistent device events, and explicit object lifetimes. Popups and screensavers make the boundary tangible: communicating a role lets the compositor coordinate input, whereas grabbing all input creates conflicts. The closing discussion acknowledges unfinished touchpad, desktop-integration, and remote-display work at that time.