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Re:RubyWM – an X11 window manager in pure Ruby by p_l on Monday January 22, 2024 @08:03AM (#39089039)
Outside of any personal preferences of author, Wayland compositors are just more complex. Even with availability of libraries like wlroots.

After all, a Wayland WM is not just a WM, it also has to run and handle display server including talking with HW if you want any sensible performance.

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Re:RubyWM – an X11 window manager in pure Ruby by kaba0 on Monday January 22, 2024 @01:38PM (#39093421)
Because a window manager on X is roughly the equivalent of a Gnome extension. That’s just a design question where we draw boundaries.
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