Observed arrival · 2026-09-29

Hypoland brings Hyprland to GLES 2.0 hardware

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An open-source Hyprland fork replaces its renderer so the Wayland compositor can run on older GPUs limited to OpenGL ES 2.0.

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For: Linux users with older GLES 2.0 GPUs
Worth noticing: The project reports 55 MiB compositor memory use on an idle Omarchy desktop and a 127 glmark2-es2-wayland score.

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The page documents a renderer rewrite for GLES 2.0 and says the aquamarine backend is built into Hypoland. Its test setup is a ThinkPad X200 running Mesa's crocus driver; the project reports 55 MiB compositor memory use on an idle Omarchy desktop. Existing Hyprland configuration and IPC are described as compatible, while plugins and several rendering features are removed or unavailable.

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