Expanded Project Guides

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Project Index

# Project Difficulty Time Key Focus
1 Bare-Metal Wayland Client Level 3: Advanced 1-2 weeks Wayland client protocol + buffers
2 Simple Wayland Compositor with wlroots Level 5: Master 1 month+ Compositor architecture + input/output
3 Custom Wayland Protocol Extension Level 4: Advanced 1-2 weeks Protocol design + code generation
4 Wayland Panel/Bar (Layer Shell) Level 3: Intermediate 1-2 weeks Layer shell + UI rendering
5 X11 Comparison Project - Bare-Metal X11 Client Level 2: Intermediate 1 week X11 protocol + architectural contrast