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If anyone wants to give an ELI5 or a link to a video that ELI5 I'd be incredibly thankful

I swear that all the stuff I find is like super in depth technical stuff that just loses me in no time flat

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[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

It draws on the screen what programs and the desktop environment tell it to -- including opacity, tiling, clicks, drags, updates, etc. Everything you visually perceive on the monitor is the product of the compositor.