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The main discussion is that Google’s ANGLE now has merged official Wayland support, which should unblock proper native Wayland support in Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF). Alongside that, users are also trading notes about Steam Overlay behavior under Wayland and a new Wayland compositor release (labwc 0.20).

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Key Takeaway Google’s ANGLE Wayland support merge is meant to enable native Wayland in CEF, but Steam Overlay compatibility under Wayland still gets tested by users.
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Google’s ANGLE Wayland support merge is meant to enable native Wayland in CEF, but Steam Overlay compatibility under Wayland still gets tested by users.

The main discussion is that Google’s ANGLE now has merged official Wayland support, which should unblock proper native Wayland support in Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF). Alongside that, users are also trading notes about Steam Overlay behavior under Wayland and a new Wayland compositor release (labwc 0.20).

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Top 1 signals · Google’s ANGLE Wayland support merge is meant to enable
r/Linux_Gaming · 1d ago
Google's ANGLE has merged official Wayland support, finally unblocking proper native Wayland support for the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF), which powers Valve’s Steam client.

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Other Wayland activity — not part of the “Google’s ANGLE Wayland support merge is meant to enable” story
Phoronix · 2d ago
Labwc 0.20 Wayland Compositor Released With Numerous New Features

Briefing Findings · Google’s ANGLE Wayland support merge is meant to enable

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technology Google ANGLE
change Merged official Wayland support
impact target Unblocks native Wayland support in Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF)
user report theme Steam Overlay compatibility with Wayland is being discussed

What to Watch

  • Test Steam client/CEF behavior on Wayland once the ANGLE changes propagate into your stack. Phoronix
  • Check whether Steam Overlay works normally after updating to components that include the ANGLE Wayland merge. r/Linux_Gaming

What Changed

  • I have heard Wayland is not compatible with Steam Overlay. These are my launch settings but I can still use the overlay. Am I doing something wrong, or have things changed? r/Linux_Gaming
  • Google's ANGLE has merged official Wayland support, finally unblocking proper native Wayland support for the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF), which powers Valve’s Steam client. Phoronix
  • Google's ANGLE Merges Wayland Support, Unblocking Chromium Embedded Framework On Wayland Phoronix
  • Chromium ANGLE merged Wayland support (need for CEF) Phoronix
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r/Linux_Gaming · 1 article
Broader Wayland coverage · not part of the Google’s ANGLE Wayland support merge is meant to enable story
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phoronix.com

Google's ANGLE Merges Wayland Support, Unblocking Chromium Embedded Framework On Wayland

It looks like Google's Chromium Embedded Framework 'CEF' could finally be enjoying nice native Wayland support soon!

1d ago
phoronix.com

Labwc 0.20 Wayland Compositor Released With Numerous New Features

In addition to the release today of Sway 1.12 for that i3-inspired Wayland compositor, Labwc 0.20 is also out today as another wlroots-based Wayland compositor.

2d ago
xda-developers.com

Someone built a full Wayland compositor inside Minecraft, and it actually works

You can try it for yourself, if you like.

6d ago Simon Batt

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r/Linux_Gaming Community · 1 article

Tracking: I have heard Wayland is not compatible with Steam Overlay. These are my launch settings but I can still use the overlay. Am I doing something wrong, or have things changed? / Google's ANGLE has merged official Wayland support, finally unblocking proper native Wayland support for the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF), which powers Valve’s Steam client.

Google's ANGLE has merged official Wayland support, finally unblocking proper native Wayland support for the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF), which powers Valve’s Steam client.
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What about X11-only apps and remote desktop?

The biggest downside to X11 disappearing is that a lot of remote desktop apps and headless sessions use it. VNC servers, X11 forwarding over SSH, and XRDP all rely on it, and there's no perfect equivalent for them in Wayland. But even that space is slowly shifting over to Wayland, with tools like GNOME Remote Desktop gaining traction and RDP support growing. It's not as straightforward as X11 was, but it's getting there. Most users on KDE Plasma probably aren't going to be doing serious headless remote session work through it anyway, and those who are should be able to find viable alternatives

KDE is finally killing X11, and I'm not as sad as I thought I'd be
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