Chromium (Wayland backend)
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Chromium (Wayland backend) is a build and configuration of the Chromium web browser that uses the Wayland display protocol for native windowing and graphics on Linux systems.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chromium (Wayland backend) canonical | 1 |
| Chromium (X11 backend) | 1 |
| openSUSE (Wayland-enabled Chromium builds) | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chromium build configuration
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web browser backend configuration ⓘ |
| alternativeTo |
Chromium (Wayland backend)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Chromium (X11 backend)
|
| basedOn | Chromium ⓘ |
| benefit |
better HiDPI and scaling behavior on Wayland compositors
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reduced latency compared to XWayland in many setups ⓘ tighter integration with Wayland compositors ⓘ |
| buildOption |
ozone_platform_wayland=true
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ozone_platform_x11=false (in pure Wayland builds) ⓘ use_ozone=true ⓘ |
| category | Linux web browser technology ⓘ |
| codeRepository | https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/ ⓘ |
| componentOf | Chromium Ozone platform abstraction ⓘ |
| configurationFlag |
--enable-features=UseOzonePlatform
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--ozone-platform-hint=auto ⓘ --ozone-platform=wayland ⓘ |
| contrastWith | Chromium running via XWayland ⓘ |
| displayServerProtocol | Wayland ⓘ |
| graphicsStack |
EGL
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OpenGL ⓘ Vulkan ⓘ
surface form:
Vulkan (via platform support, where available)
|
| inputMethodSupport | Wayland text-input protocols (where implemented) ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
The Chromium Project
ⓘ
surface form:
Chromium project
|
| packageAvailability |
Arch Linux (Wayland-enabled Chromium builds)
ⓘ
Fedora Linux ⓘ
surface form:
Fedora (Wayland-enabled Chromium builds)
Gentoo (Wayland USE flag for Chromium) ⓘ Chromium (Wayland backend) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
openSUSE (Wayland-enabled Chromium builds)
|
| primaryUse | native Wayland windowing and graphics for Chromium on Linux ⓘ |
| runtimeEnvironment |
Wayland
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surface form:
Wayland session
|
| supportsCompositor |
KWin
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Mutter ⓘ Sway ⓘ Wayfire ⓘ Weston ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
GPU acceleration on Wayland
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HiDPI displays ⓘ WebRTC screen sharing via PipeWire (where enabled) ⓘ clipboard integration via Wayland ⓘ drag and drop via Wayland protocols ⓘ fractional scaling (depending on compositor) ⓘ pointer constraints (lock and confine) ⓘ screen capture via PipeWire (where enabled) ⓘ touch input ⓘ window decorations via xdg-decoration or client-side decorations ⓘ |
| supportsWindowingSystem | Wayland ⓘ |
| targetOperatingSystem | Linux ⓘ |
| usesLibrary |
Ozone
ⓘ
Ozone-Wayland ⓘ |
| usesProtocol | Wayland ⓘ |
| windowManagementProtocol | xdg-shell ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chromium (X11 backend)
Chromium (Wayland backend)
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packageAvailability
→
Chromium (Wayland backend)
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
openSUSE (Wayland-enabled Chromium builds)