Firefox 94 to start using EGL on Linux

Re:Firefox 94 to start using EGL on Linux by nh2 on Saturday October 30, 2021 @08:28PM (#29053451)

Unfortunately there are also non-Google websites that run slower on Firefox.

Example: Our startup's product (https://benaco.com).

WebGL is slower on Firefox (e.g. this bug on Linux: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1010527), so I use Chromium to work on it, despite using Firefox for everything else, for 19 years.

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Re:Firefox 94 to start using EGL on Linux by floatboth on Sunday October 31, 2021 @07:10AM (#29056151)

> e.g. this bug on Linux

This is literally one of the big things changed by what's described in the article (for those still using X11; it's already been solved for quite some time on Wayland)

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Re:Firefox 94 to start using EGL on Linux by nh2 on Sunday October 31, 2021 @08:45AM (#29056578)

Yes, this is one of the affected bugs, but do read the other bugs linked from it, e.g. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1010527#c51

> Even wirh webrender, EGL and dmabuf all enabled, performance is still not at par with chrome. Bug 1684224

which shows 5x higher FPS in Chromium than in Firefox.

There will be more to do until general parity, even past FF 94.

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Re:Firefox 94 to start using EGL on Linux by vord1080 on Monday November 01, 2021 @01:16AM (#29063216)

Works fine on Windows. Linux only makes up 3% of Firefox users so it's no surprise they haven't prioritized it.

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