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[โ€“] victorz@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

๐Ÿ˜Š And I think in Wayland... land, they don't really call it a window manager either, since it has to do more than just manage the windows, i.e. handle all the drawing to surfaces and stuff as well. Wayland WMs are rather called compositors.

[โ€“] meekah@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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