XDC 2025 Lightning Talks - Day 2

Explore seven cutting-edge lightning talks from the X.Org Developer's Conference 2025, featuring rapid-fire presentations on graphics and display technologies. Learn about buffer and image copy improvements in Turnip's Vulkan driver implementation, discover enhancements to the DRM in-kernel client ecosystem, and understand the evolution and challenges of screencasting on Wayland. Get updates on drm_hwcomposer development, explore DRM Panic as Linux's answer to the Blue Screen of Death, discover wltest for automated Wayland client and driver testing, and examine Cooperative Matrix implementation in the NVK Vulkan driver. Each presentation delivers focused insights into specific aspects of Linux graphics stack development, kernel-level display management, and modern display server protocols, making this essential viewing for graphics developers, system programmers, and anyone working with Linux display technologies.

Syllabus

1 Improving buffer and image copies on Turnip - Karmjit Mahil 0:01
2 Improving the current state of the DRM in-kernel client ecosystem - Rahul Rameshbabu 5:14
3 Screencasting on Wayland: Evolution and Challenges - Doğukan Korkmaztürk 10:40
4 An update on drm_hwcomposer - Drew Davenport 15:16
5 DRM Panic: The BSOD is coming to Linux - Jocelyn Falempe 20:44
6 Introducing wltest - automating wayland client & driver testing - Austin Shafer 27:15
7 Cooperative Matrix in NVK - Karol Herbst 32:55