Re:Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2020 edition
by yellowapple on Sunday May 31, 2020 @09:42AM
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> Firefox (the default browser in most Linux distros) can't do hardware accelerated video
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Firefox#Hardware_video_...
In short: Firefox supports it under Wayland since version 75 (and for more formats since 76).
Not that I've really noticed this being an issue under X11.
Re:Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2020 edition
by ubercow13 on Sunday May 31, 2020 @07:21AM
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AFAIK OSX hides from userland the support for VP9 decode acceleration present in the Macbook's hardware, Youtube's primary codec these days, so now Firefox supports VAAPI under Wayland it is already ahead of OSX/Macbooks in this regard.
Re:Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2020 edition
by pizza234 on Sunday May 31, 2020 @03:16PM
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I need to test this (I didn't know about the hardware acceleration), however, first: tearing and stuttering are different things.
Tearing required, for a very long time, to be configured manually in the Xorg configuration. However, on 20.04 now it's not needed anymore (I don't know why; I've just verified it on Nvidia and Intel GPUs).
I know it's being worked on with Firefox having acceleration worked on in Wayland, but right now, if even the simplest and most common use-cases have major downsides compared to Windows/OS X, it's hard to justify moving to a worse experience. Windows rules with vendor support, that's just how it is. I've grown tired of having to compromise.