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Dissemination:

• Technical Overview Presentation (2015-2016) (youtube video)
• 2018 update to the presentation
• Design Slides
• Scripting Slides
• Ph.D Thesis (2013)

Articles (Engine Properties / Uses):

• One Night in Rio: Vacation Photos from Plan9
• AWK for Multimedia
• Crash Resilient Wayland Compositing
• Arcan versus Xorg - Approaching Feature Parity
• Leveraging the 'Display Server' to improve debugging

Articles (APIs / development):

• Writing a KMScon/Console like WM using Arcan
• Writing a low-level Arcan client
• Another low level Arcan client: A tray icon handler
• Interfacing with a Stream Deck Device

Related Projects:

• Senseye - Visualisation for Reverse Engineering
• Durden - Be-all (almost) Desktop Environment
• Safespaces - Virtual Reality Desktop

Generic Information:

• Roadmap
• Ontology
• Features
• Components and Status
• Wayland Support
• VR Support

Use Issues:

• Configuration Support
• Linux EGL/KMS Setup
• BSD specifics

Developer Information:

• Design Overview
• Scripting Guides / Exercises
• Lua API Overview
• TUI
• LED Controllers
• Possible Experiments and Side-Projects
• Distribution Packaging notes
• Wanted Contributions
• Changelog

Documentation on internals:

• Namespacing
• Security Model and Attack Surface
• Documentation and Testing
• Shared Memory Interface
• Build System, Developer Details

Details on specific internal solutions:

• Multiple Displays
• Display-Server Specific Issues
• Sharing and Remote Control
• Input, Accessibility and Internationalization
• Networking
• Deep/HDR/Color Management
• Synchronization