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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Wayland Is Coming
Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 05:20:15 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 8 May 2024 14:01:35 -0000 (UTC), Muttley wrote:

> Wayland is little more than a high level frame buffer.

That’s all you need. The idea that X11 had to provide its own graphics API 
was starting to look anachronistic a quarter-century ago.

> If you don't use a high level toolkit you're in for a whole world of
> pain.

You start with a graphics library to draw into the frame buffer. A good 
choice is Cairo <https://www.cairographics.org/>.