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Chromium Embedded Framework "CEF" Seeing Progress On Wayland Support


One of the important pieces of open-source software still working toward proper Wayland support is the Chromium Embedded Framework 'CEF' that in turn is depended upon by software like Steam, OBS Studio, Spotify, and many other software packages for having an in-app browser-type experience

The good news is there has been some recent progress on native Wayland support for CEF. The "Almost Native Graphics Layer Engine)" as a reminder is Google's graphics abstraction layer for OpenGL ES atop DirectX / OpenGL / Vulkan and notably used by Google Chrome. Toyota developer Joel Winarske further outlines the CEF on Wayland development effort as part of this GitHub tracking ticket around embedded Ozone/Wayland window support for CEF, a 5+ year old ticket.

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