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As an OS I agree, but the desktop experience leaves a lot to be desired. I'm currently trying to figure out how to properly drive a 4K monitor with my laptop a
by fyfy18 7y ago
As an OS I agree, but the desktop experience leaves a lot to be desired.
I'm currently trying to figure out how to properly drive a 4K monitor with my laptop and not have it end up lagging. Supposedly hardware acceleration is enabled on Firefox, but even trying to play even a 1080p YouTube video drops frames. On Windows it is buttery smooth, so it's not a hardware issue. Don't even get me started about scaling...
(Currently using GNOME on Wayland)
- lnx01 7y agoIt's not actually, enabled. It says that it is, but it's really not. It's still using your CPU to decode 4K video. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Chrome-No-2018-Linux-GPU-Accel https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Chrome-N... https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210726 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210726 https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hardware_video_acceleration https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hardware_video_accelera...