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by ChocolateGod 91 days ago
> the compositor then composites them together. to me, that feels more like the kernel is at the center of the diagram here: the wayland compositor is between the kernel and the output / input.

It's also possible to use hardware planes to get the actual graphics device to composite for you directly from its video memory, effectively reducing latency to the lowest possible.