If anyone wants to give an ELI5 or a link to a video that ELI5 I’d be incredibly thankful

I swear that all the stuff I find is like super in depth technical stuff that just loses me in no time flat

  • knightly the Sneptaur@pawb.social
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    5 months ago

    Super-short version:

    The system that Linux uses to draw anything on the screen (showing the desktop, your windows, their contents, etc) is called a display server.

    Since the 80’s, Linux has been using a display server called the X Window System (or x11), but it’s ancient and has limitations that can’t be fixed without breaking everything that depends on it.

    The Wayland compositor is the new display server that will be replacing x11, improving security and adding support for newer features like HDR. It’s nearly ready for a full release now, and is already the default for some Linux distributions.