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People are focusing on Wayland progress and compatibility improvements: Chromium/ANGLE has merged Wayland support, and a new labwc 0.20 compositor release adds features. Separately, users debate Wayland’s impact on Steam Overlay and whether it still works correctly.

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Key Takeaway Chromium embedded apps on Wayland are moving forward via ANGLE’s Wayland support, while some gaming/overlay users still test compatibility.
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Chromium embedded apps on Wayland are moving forward via ANGLE’s Wayland support, while some gaming/overlay users still test compatibility.

People are focusing on Wayland progress and compatibility improvements: Chromium/ANGLE has merged Wayland support, and a new labwc 0.20 compositor release adds features. Separately, users debate Wayland’s impact on Steam Overlay and whether it still works correctly.

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Phoronix · 2d ago
Google's ANGLE Merges Wayland Support, Unblocking Chromium Embedded Framework On Wayland

Broader Wayland coverage

Other Wayland activity — not part of the “Chromium embedded apps” story
Phoronix · 3d ago
Labwc 0.20 Wayland Compositor Released With Numerous New Features

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ANGLE status Chromium ANGLE merged Wayland support
Impact area Unblocks Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) on Wayland
User claim Claimed Steam Overlay may be incompatible with Wayland

What to Watch

  • Check for follow-up reports on Steam Overlay behavior on Wayland in the same community thread(s). r/Linux_Gaming
  • Track ANGLE/Chromium Embedded Framework rollouts that depend on the merged Wayland support. Phoronix

What Changed

  • 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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Broader Wayland coverage · not part of the Chromium embedded apps 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!

2d 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.

3d 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.

7d ago Simon Batt

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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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