Wine and Windowing: Challenges in Windows API Integration with Linux - XDC 2023

Watch a technical conference talk from XDC 2023 exploring the complexities and challenges of implementing Windows software windowing through Wine on Linux systems. Dive into the impedance mismatch between Win32 API and X/Wayland protocols, examining issues with window behavior, alt-tabbing functionality, and other windowing interactions. Learn about current hacky solutions, potential improvements, and considerations for better X/Wayland integration. Understand key topics including API layering, downstream inconsistencies, window manager challenges, WMP issues, focus ring prevention, Gamescope implementation, and Wine forking, while exploring long-term solutions and identifying gaps in current approaches.