Wayland - What and Why?

• Primarily a protocol for compositionof different surfaces/layers.
• compositor + display server + window manager.
• Uses EGLto avoid OS specific windowing functionality.
• Started as a replacement for the X Windowing System (X11).
• Unlike X has no rendering API.
• Its implementations are lightweightwith a small footprint
• Wayland is primarily focused on performance, code maintainability and security

Webkit for Wayland

• Wayland provides simple, elegant, graphics compositing integration between different layers using EGL (interface between Khronos rendering APIs)
• Wayland started as a replacement for the X Windowing System (X11).
• Wayland is not an implementation but a protocol specification between a display server and its clients
• Its implementations are lightweight with a small footprint
• Wayland is primarily focused on performance, code maintainability and security

Advantage of WPE over QtWebKit