Chromium (Wayland backend)

E284596

Chromium build configuration web browser backend configuration

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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Chromium (Wayland backend) canonical	1
Chromium (X11 backend)	1
openSUSE (Wayland-enabled Chromium builds)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2629133 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Chromium (Wayland backend)
Context triple: [Wayland, supportedBy, Chromium (Wayland backend)]

A. Wayland
Wayland is a modern display server protocol for Linux and other Unix-like systems designed to replace the X Window System with a simpler, more efficient architecture.
B. Wayland
Wayland is a small city in Allegan County, Michigan, known for its rural character and proximity to Grand Rapids.
C. Opera (Chromium-based)
Opera (Chromium-based) is a modern web browser built on Google’s Chromium engine, offering features like a built-in ad blocker, free VPN, and integrated messaging apps.
D. KWin
KWin is the KDE Plasma desktop environment’s highly configurable window manager and compositor, providing advanced window management, effects, and Wayland/X11 support.
E. GNOME Shell
GNOME Shell is the core graphical user interface and desktop environment component of the GNOME project, providing the primary user experience on many Linux-based systems.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Chromium (Wayland backend)
Target entity description: 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.

A. Wayland
Wayland is a modern display server protocol for Linux and other Unix-like systems designed to replace the X Window System with a simpler, more efficient architecture.
B. Wayland
Wayland is a small city in Allegan County, Michigan, known for its rural character and proximity to Grand Rapids.
C. Opera (Chromium-based)
Opera (Chromium-based) is a modern web browser built on Google’s Chromium engine, offering features like a built-in ad blocker, free VPN, and integrated messaging apps.
D. KWin
KWin is the KDE Plasma desktop environment’s highly configurable window manager and compositor, providing advanced window management, effects, and Wayland/X11 support.
E. GNOME Shell
GNOME Shell is the core graphical user interface and desktop environment component of the GNOME project, providing the primary user experience on many Linux-based systems.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chromium build configuration ⓘ web browser backend configuration ⓘ
alternativeTo	Chromium (Wayland backend) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chromium (X11 backend)
basedOn	Chromium ⓘ
benefit	better HiDPI and scaling behavior on Wayland compositors ⓘ reduced latency compared to XWayland in many setups ⓘ tighter integration with Wayland compositors ⓘ
buildOption	ozone_platform_wayland=true ⓘ 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 ⓘ --ozone-platform-hint=auto ⓘ --ozone-platform=wayland ⓘ
contrastWith	Chromium running via XWayland ⓘ
displayServerProtocol	Wayland ⓘ
graphicsStack	EGL ⓘ 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 ⓘ surface form: Wayland session
supportsCompositor	KWin ⓘ Mutter ⓘ Sway ⓘ Wayfire ⓘ Weston ⓘ
supportsFeature	GPU acceleration on Wayland ⓘ 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 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wayland → supportedBy → Chromium (Wayland backend) ⓘ

Chromium (Wayland backend) → alternativeTo → Chromium (Wayland backend) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chromium (X11 backend)

Chromium (Wayland backend) → packageAvailability → Chromium (Wayland backend) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: openSUSE (Wayland-enabled Chromium builds)

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