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 == Quantum Compositor ==
-The '''Quantum Compositor''' project will move Gecko's compositor to its own process so GPU bugs can't crash Firefox. If the GPU compositor process crashes, Firefox can just restart the process without losing any web page state because the compositor process is only responsible for painting. This work is tracked in {{bug|1264543}}.
+The '''Quantum Compositor''' moves Gecko’s compositor into its own process. Since graphics driver instability is a major source of Firefox crashes, we expect that moving code that interacts with the GPU into its own process will make Firefox more stable. This work is tracked in {{bug|1264543}}.
 == Quantum DOM ==