Hugo • 6/20/2023

Understanding the XDG access portal

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The article investigates how Firefox 116 uses Pipewire and the XDG desktop portal for camera access. The author details debugging issues with the GNOME access portal, creating a custom Wayland-compatible portal, and discovering the role of the xdg-permission-store in caching permissions. It's a technical deep dive into Linux desktop integration and permission systems.

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