Wayland Courses and Certifications

Qt Group

Building a UX Platform with Qt and Wayland at Mercedes-Benz

Dive into Mercedes-Benz's innovative approach to building MBUX using QtWayland, exploring platform development techniques and high-performance pixel pushing for automotive interfaces.

• YouTube
• 11 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

DevConf

Migrating the Fedora and RHEL Installer to Wayland

Explore the Fedora/RHEL installer's transition to Wayland, covering graphics handling, input management, and remote access challenges in the migration process.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

X.Org Foundation

Wayland Driver for Wine: Development Journey and Implementation Challenges

Explore the development journey of Wine's Wayland driver, from experimental beginnings to full GPU acceleration support, including technical challenges and solutions for Windows-Wayland compatibility.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

X.Org Foundation

Wayland Shells for Embedded Systems - Overview and Comparison

Explore the landscape of Wayland shells in embedded Linux systems, comparing different compositors and their approaches to GUI management for specialized device interfaces.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

X.Org Foundation

Wayfire - Converting OpenGL Wayland Compositor to Pixman Rendering

Discover how to optimize Wayfire OpenGL Wayland compositor for Raspberry Pi 3 using Pixman rendering, including performance improvements and technical challenges in implementation.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

X.Org Foundation

Video Offloading on the Wayland Linux Desktop - Efficient Playback and HDR Developments

Explore recent advancements in Linux desktop video playback efficiency, focusing on Wayland compositors, GStreamer, GNOME, and Chromium developments, including HDR capabilities.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Ubuntu OnAir

Miriway - Bringing Wayland to Your Desktop

Explore Miriway, a desktop-agnostic Wayland compositor enabling migration of X11-based desktop environments to Wayland. Learn about the project and steps for transitioning shell components.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Canonical Ubuntu

Miriway: Worlds of Wayland - Building Desktop Environments with Mir

Explore how Miriway leverages the Mir compositor engine to build Wayland-based desktop environments, with Alan Griffiths and Neal Gompa demonstrating configuration options and building a full desktop environment.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Navigating the Linux Graphics Stack

Explore Linux graphics stack components, APIs, and debugging tools for embedded systems. Learn to optimize performance and troubleshoot issues in graphical user interfaces.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Graphics: A Frame's Journey from Camera to Display

Explore the complex journey of a graphics frame through modern systems, from camera to display, covering buffer allocation, GPU usage, and window system intricacies.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Waylandifying Chromium - From Downstream to Shipping

Explore the process of integrating Wayland support into Chromium, covering design challenges, graphics pipeline, and the rationale behind adopting Wayland technology.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

X.Org Foundation

Wlroots Frame Scheduling and Dynamic Render Timing Optimization

Dive into dynamic frame scheduling optimization in wlroots, exploring intelligent rendering timing and latency improvements for compositors through advanced prediction algorithms.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

X.Org Foundation

HDR and Color Management in Gamescope and SteamOS - Implementation and Challenges

Explore HDR and color management implementation in Gamescope/SteamOS, covering technical challenges, XWayland integration, and future DRM atomic pipeline requirements for Steam Deck.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

X.Org Foundation

Input Devices and Proton/Wine Gaming for Linux

Explore the challenges and solutions for input device handling in Linux gaming, focusing on Proton/Wine compatibility, Wayland limitations, and HID device management.

• YouTube
• 14 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

X.Org Foundation

XDC 2025 Lightning Talks - Day 2

Explore cutting-edge graphics development through 7 lightning talks covering Turnip optimization, DRM improvements, Wayland screencasting, hwcomposer updates, Linux panic systems, and testing automation.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video