Screen tearing is something I've seen happen a few times across different hardware combinations. Sometimes it just works out of the box (e.g. my laptop using In

Screen tearing is something I've seen happen a few times across different hardware combinations. Sometimes it just works out of the box (e.g. my laptop using Intel graphics on Arch Linux experiences no tearing in any application) sometimes its a huge problem (e.g. my Raspberry Pi using ARM graphics experiences mild to severe screen tearing). Whats really confusing about the Raspberry Pi example is the conflicting info online. Some people swear turning off composting solves it, others say turning if on solves it. For me turning if off sorted it even tho this went against most of the advice I read in Raspberry Pi forums etc. Most of my experiences with Linux has been somewhere in between of the two extreme examples I've just described. Meanwhile Windows literally just works on every device I've tried it on. I can't remember the last time I saw any screen tearing of any kind on a non-Linux device. Whenever I'm out and about and see screen tearing I'm like "Ah it's running Linux" and chances are I'm right. For what's its worth I use Linux as the only OS on my ThinkPad and love it. I do acknowledge its flaws though and graphics is an area with room for improvement.