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		fractal618 on Oct 6, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: XFCE 4.20 aims to bring preliminary Wayland suppor... Isn’t compiz a compositor for xfce? Btw I love xfce. Find it to be the perfect balance between features, stability and performance!!!

kelnos on Oct 6, 2024 [–]

Compiz is an X11 compositor that can be used with Xfce if you disable xfwm4's builtin compositor.

A Wayland compositor is a completely different beast, and that's what we have to build.

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