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Shipping for Linux is waaay down the list: https://github.com/orgs/FirefoxGraphics/projects/1 https://github.com/orgs/FirefoxGraphics/projects/1 I assume due

by sambe 7y ago

Shipping for Linux is waaay down the list: https://github.com/orgs/FirefoxGraphics/projects/1 https://github.com/orgs/FirefoxGraphics/projects/1 I assume due to driver issues?

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chronogram 7y ago
Seeing as Linux Firefox still doesn’t use any hardware acceleration, it’s probably because there’s no developer room for it.
- dx87 7y ago
  It doesn't use it by default, but you can manually enable it. It's the only way I could watch twitch streams on a 1440p monitor at 60 FPS.
- olau 7y ago
  There are plenty of developers using Linux, though. Time for someone to jump in?
781 7y ago
Not only. There's Ubuntu Linux/Fedora Linux/Arch Linux, there's Wayland and a whole slew of compositors...
- Lorkki 7y ago
  As always, the solution would be to not attempt to support "Linux", but to pick one distribution (or a manageable set) to support officially.
- eikenberry 7y ago
  Distro shouldn't matter one bit. Just scan for hardware acceleration support and enable it if found. Plenty of other applications do this without any per-distro changes.
maggit 7y ago
As a desktop Linux user, I'd guess it's harder to make it work right (because of, among other things, driver issues) and it affects a smaller portion of the user base of Firefox. Oh well. Fortunately it's easy to opt in to, and in my experience works well on an oldish Intel chip. Unfortunately, it fails hard with Wayland, putting no pixels on the screen. (In my experience) But I'm using it happily through XWayland.
- ubercow13 7y ago
  I tried it for a while and it worked fine but I did notice that it significantly increased idle CPU load, enough to affect battery life
- yoasif_ 7y ago
  > Unfortunately, it fails hard with Wayland, putting no pixels on the screen. (In my experience) It works for me in nightly, at least. Have you tried there?
  - pimeys 7y ago
    Nightly user with a Radeon, running Sway on Wayland and Firefox with Webrender. Been working quite nicely for some months now already.
  - maggit 7y ago
    No, only tried on stable. Looking forward to testing 67 when I get the update. I should clarify that I am talking about the situation when running Firefox with GDK_BACKEND=wayland. UPDATE: Ooh! Firefox 67 in my package manager! I am happy to report that I am now able to use Firefox with WebRender on Wayland directly. One glitch so far: It leaves a one-pixel row transparent at the bottom of the screen. Weird :)
muizelaar 7y ago
FWIW, WebRender is enabled by default on Nightly on Linux with a subset of modern Intel hardware.

by sambe 7y ago

Shipping for Linux is waaay down the list: https://github.com/orgs/FirefoxGraphics/projects/1 https://github.com/orgs/FirefoxGraphics/projects/1 I assume due to driver issues?

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chronogram 7y ago

Seeing as Linux Firefox still doesn’t use any hardware acceleration, it’s probably because there’s no developer room for it.

dx87 7y ago
It doesn't use it by default, but you can manually enable it. It's the only way I could watch twitch streams on a 1440p monitor at 60 FPS.
olau 7y ago
There are plenty of developers using Linux, though. Time for someone to jump in?

781 7y ago

Not only. There's Ubuntu Linux/Fedora Linux/Arch Linux, there's Wayland and a whole slew of compositors...

Lorkki 7y ago
As always, the solution would be to not attempt to support "Linux", but to pick one distribution (or a manageable set) to support officially.
eikenberry 7y ago
Distro shouldn't matter one bit. Just scan for hardware acceleration support and enable it if found. Plenty of other applications do this without any per-distro changes.

maggit 7y ago

As a desktop Linux user, I'd guess it's harder to make it work right (because of, among other things, driver issues) and it affects a smaller portion of the user base of Firefox. Oh well. Fortunately it's easy to opt in to, and in my experience works well on an oldish Intel chip. Unfortunately, it fails hard with Wayland, putting no pixels on the screen. (In my experience) But I'm using it happily through XWayland.

ubercow13 7y ago
I tried it for a while and it worked fine but I did notice that it significantly increased idle CPU load, enough to affect battery life
yoasif_ 7y ago
> Unfortunately, it fails hard with Wayland, putting no pixels on the screen. (In my experience) It works for me in nightly, at least. Have you tried there?
- pimeys 7y ago
  Nightly user with a Radeon, running Sway on Wayland and Firefox with Webrender. Been working quite nicely for some months now already.
- maggit 7y ago
  No, only tried on stable. Looking forward to testing 67 when I get the update. I should clarify that I am talking about the situation when running Firefox with GDK_BACKEND=wayland. UPDATE: Ooh! Firefox 67 in my package manager! I am happy to report that I am now able to use Firefox with WebRender on Wayland directly. One glitch so far: It leaves a one-pixel row transparent at the bottom of the screen. Weird :)

muizelaar 7y ago

FWIW, WebRender is enabled by default on Nightly on Linux with a subset of modern Intel hardware.