Wayland Articles
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2/3/2026
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Wayland Compatible Annotated Screenshots with slurp, grim and satty
A guide to creating a custom Wayland screenshot and annotation workflow using slurp, grim, and satty tools.
1/20/2026
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Screen Sharing with niri, Including Specific Regions with OBS
A guide to screen sharing on Linux using the niri compositor, covering full monitor, window, and dynamic casting, plus region capture with OBS.
1/13/2026
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How Is niri This Good? Live Demo + Config
A detailed review and live demo of niri, a scrollable tiled window compositor for Wayland, covering its features and configuration.
1/6/2026
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GPU Memory Allocation Bugs with NVIDIA on Linux and Wayland Adventures
A developer details GPU memory allocation bugs with NVIDIA drivers on Linux Wayland, comparing stability with X11 and reporting issues to NVIDIA.
9/18/2024
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Writing an emoji input method, part 1
A developer documents the first day of creating an emoji input method using the Hare programming language and Wayland protocols.
7/11/2024
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Introducing wlhc: wayland hot corners
Introducing wlhc, a small program written in Hare that enables hot corner functionality for Wayland desktops.
4/29/2024
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Six months with Wayland, from i3 to Sway
A developer's six-month experience switching from i3/X11 to Sway/Wayland on Linux, covering compatibility, GPU issues, and practical tips.
4/9/2024
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FDO's conduct enforcement actions regarding Vaxry
FDO bans Hyprland maintainer Vaxry for toxic behavior, sparking public debate about community conduct and enforcement in open-source projects.
1/6/2024
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Extended usages of the primary selection
Explores the untapped potential of the primary selection feature on Unix-like desktops, proposing new global actions like translation and text-to-speech.
10/12/2023
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Learn Wayland by writing a GUI from scratch
A technical tutorial on building a basic GUI client from scratch using the Wayland protocol in C, without external libraries.
9/28/2023
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Ghostty Devlog 004
Ghostty terminal emulator devlog covering GUI improvements, beta growth, and a discovered Vim bug related to TERM variable handling.
9/17/2023
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Hyprland is a toxic community
A critique of the Hyprland Wayland compositor's toxic community culture, citing hateful behavior and lack of moderation.
6/20/2023
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Understanding the XDG access portal
Explores the XDG desktop portal system for camera access in Firefox, detailing debugging and custom portal implementation on non-GNOME systems.
10/21/2022
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How the clipboard works
Explains the technical process of copy-paste (clipboard) in Wayland, from data source announcement to pasting.
10/4/2022
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Shotman 0.2 development update part 2
An update on the Shotman screenshot tool rewrite, focusing on implementing core features like window, region, and output capture on Wayland.
9/15/2021
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Status update, September 2021
Developer shares progress on FOSS projects: a vi-keybinding Wayland browser frontend, a programming language, and updates to SourceHut.
9/11/2021
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visurf, a web browser based on NetSurf
Introducing visurf, a lightweight, vi-inspired web browser built on the NetSurf engine, designed as an alternative to complex modern browsers.