The [big change][1] in KWinFT this year is the replacement of all its own hardware backend plugins for its Wayland session with a single backend talking to wlroots. This talk goes into detail on: - reasons for this strategic move, - technical realization, - outcome with advantages and disadvantages, - long-term impact on the ecosystem. [1]: https://gitlab.com/kwinft/kwinft/-/merge_requests/108/ about this event: https://c3voc.de