<s>
libhybris	B-Application
is	O
a	O
compatibility	B-General_Concept
layer	I-General_Concept
for	O
computers	O
running	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
based	O
on	O
the	O
GNU	B-Language
C	I-Language
library	I-Language
or	O
Musl	B-Language
,	O
intended	O
for	O
using	O
software	O
written	O
for	O
Bionic-based	B-Application
Linux	B-Operating_System
systems	O
,	O
which	O
mainly	O
includes	O
Android	B-Application
libraries	O
and	O
device	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hybris	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
written	O
by	O
Carsten	O
Munk	O
,	O
a	O
Mer	B-Application
developer	O
,	O
who	O
released	O
it	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
on	O
5	O
August	O
2012	O
and	O
publicly	O
announced	O
the	O
project	O
later	O
that	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Munk	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
hired	O
by	O
Jolla	B-Operating_System
as	O
their	O
Chief	O
Research	O
Engineer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hybris	B-Application
has	O
also	O
been	O
picked	O
up	O
by	O
the	O
Open	B-Operating_System
webOS	I-Operating_System
community	O
for	O
WebOS	B-Operating_System
Ports	O
,	O
by	O
Canonical	O
for	O
Ubuntu	B-Protocol
Touch	I-Protocol
and	O
by	O
the	O
AsteroidOS	B-Device
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
Munk	O
announced	O
that	O
Hybris	B-Application
has	O
been	O
extended	O
to	O
allow	O
Wayland	O
compositors	O
to	O
use	O
graphic	O
device	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
written	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Weston	B-Application
has	O
had	O
support	O
for	O
libhybris	B-Application
since	O
version	O
1.3	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
11	O
October	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hybris	B-Application
loads	O
"	O
Android	B-Application
libraries	O
,	O
and	O
overrides	O
some	O
symbols	O
from	O
bionic	B-Application
with	O
glibc	B-Language
"	O
calls	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
Bionic-based	B-Application
software	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
binary-only	O
Android	B-Application
drivers	O
,	O
on	O
glibc-based	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hybris	B-Application
can	O
also	O
translate	O
Android	B-Application
's	O
EGL	B-Application
calls	O
into	O
Wayland	O
EGL	B-Application
calls	O
,	O
allowing	O
Android	B-Application
graphic	O
drivers	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
Wayland-based	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
was	O
initially	O
developed	O
by	O
Collabora	O
's	O
Pekka	O
Paalanen	O
for	O
his	O
Android	B-Application
port	O
of	O
Wayland	O
.	O
</s>
